Recent News
New NSF Grant Awarded to Biology Professor
November 9, 2020
Biology assistant professor Ana Longo has been awarded a new research grant from the National Science Foundation entitled “Defining the role of skin microbiomes in defense against chytridiomycosis in frogs with seasonal infections.” … Read More
Science Highlights Biology Grad Student’s Research
October 30, 2020
Research by Biology graduate student Ian Ausprey (Scott Robinson’s Lab) is highlighted in the journal Science! The News article is entitled “Eye size predicts where birds breed and feed.” The original study is in a forthcoming issue of Ecology, “Adaptations to light predict the foraging niche and disassembly of avian communities in tropical countrysides.”… Read More
Spotlight on International Students
October 28, 2020
Biology alumnus Patrick Farrar sheds light on the experiences of international students.… Read More
Biology graduate student publishes in Ecology
September 9, 2020
Biology graduate student Alexandra Gulick, with co-authors from the National Park Service and the UF Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, recently published a paper in Ecology. Results of the study show that grazing by recovering green turtle populations… Read More
New Book on Alligators by Kent Vliet
September 4, 2020
Dr. Kent Vliet, Coordinator of Introductory Laboratories for the Department of Biology, has published a new book with Johns Hopkins University Press (2020): Alligators: The Illustrated Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation. Wonderfully illustrated with photographs by wildlife photographer… Read More