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The body of the 13th Florida panther to be struck and killed by a vehicle in southwest Florida this year was found Tuesday.
Read More »Florida Panther Killed By Vehicle, 17th Death This Year
Troupe Of Monkeys Vex Silver Springs State Park, Go Viral On Social Media
There's an upswing in monkey business in and around a state park in Florida, where bands of non-native rhesus macaques live along a river that's popular with kayakers and tourists.
Read More »Canine Influenza Virus Found In Florida For The First Time
The H3N2 strain was confirmed in dogs and is now being treated at UF’s vet school.
Read More »After Weeks Of Quarantine, Alachua County Animal Services Reopens With Free Adoptions
Alachua County Animal Services is offering free dog adoptions this week. The shelter reopened Tuesday after nearly three weeks of quarantine due to an airborne upper respiratory infection.
Read More »“Photo Ark” Photographer Joel Sartore Talks Tree Frogs, Turtles and Tarantulas
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore, the founder of "Photo Ark," an effort to take portraits of every species on Earth, recently visited UF’s Florida Museum of Natural History to photograph insects and celebrate the museum’s 100th anniversary, Sartore sat down with UF environmental journalist-in-residence Cynthia Barnett and conservation photographers Jennifer Adler and Ryan Jones.
Read More »Gainesville Miniature Horses Comfort Patients
A Gainesville team of therapy miniature horses use their calming effect to comfort surgical and trauma patients across the nation and locally.
Read More »Officials: No Bear Hunt Until At Least 2019
Florida wildlife officials say they won't consider holding another black bear hunt until at least 2019.
Read More »Pet Pig Home Safe After Arresting Escape
A pig that had been on the loose in Gainesville for a few days is back at her owner's home thanks to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
Read More »Florida Lawmakers Want Manatees Again Listed As Endangered
Some Florida lawmakers, led by U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, are pushing for the West Indian manatee to be re-listed as "endangered" following the species being moved to "threatened" earlier this year.
Read More »In Photos: A Safe Haven For Horses
Located in Alachua, the Retirement Home for Horses serves as a safe haven to horses of many different backgrounds.
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