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The debate surrounding the Florida black bear hunt intensified dramatically after 2025, when the hunt returned after a decade-long hiatus.

The Cow Creek wildfire burned 2,400 pine-lined acres of Levy County in April. Florida’s millenia-long fire history prepared its plants and pollinators to rebound stronger.

Professor Eben Broadbent led a tour showing Alachua County’s forests and areas cleared of trees.

A UF’s researcher's “zero-day” projections estimate when Alachua County’s oak forests outside conservation areas could disappear as development spreads into remaining woodlands.

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PERRY, Fla. – After a hurricane rolls through, a city’s usual worries are cleaning up and rebuilding. Perry wasn’t so lucky.Less than three weeks after…

The Gainesville City Beautification Board met to reevaluate their mission statement and establish its plan for the next year during a public meeting at 5…

Twenty years ago, Jack Davis started teaching environmental history at the University of Florida. On most work days outside his classroom, he would greet…

Although investigators finally have a name to go with the remains of a man found more than 40 years ago, they have plenty of questions about how Ralph Tufano’s body ended up in the woods near High Springs. In the winter of 1979, James Prince, a Florida Division of Forestry employee, found a skeleton off County Road 236 in High Springs while conducting a controlled burn. Due to the limited technology at the time, the body remained nameless for decades as the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office continued the investigation to identify the victim.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services released the preliminary damage assessment for agriculture, following Hurricane Ian.According…