Florida

The path of the storm allowed many researchers to make it through without incident, but they stress that the result could easily have been different.

With their laboratories prepared as well as possible for what’s now a Category 3 hurricane, all scientists in Florida can do now is wait.

A study finds that roots grow deeper than typical into southeastern pocket gophers tunnel networks, raising the possibility that the rodents cultivate their food.

Professors in the Sunshine State may soon face an additional tenure review process under the bill, but not much is yet known about how it will change tenure retention.

Aedes scapularis is already established on the peninsula, and researchers predict that its population will continue to spread.

The National Weather Service’s radar in Key West captures a spectacular moment in bird migration.

Four University of Florida faculty members leave their jobs as a state committee that formed last month pledges to investigate individual researchers and institutions.

Understanding the dinoflagellates that regularly wreak havoc on marine and nearshore ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico could help researchers mitigate the damage they cause.

A full description of the lifecycle of Karenia brevis could lead to improved monitoring, prediction, and mitigation of the harmful algal blooms it regularly causes.

The storm has already pummeled the Bahamas. Now the US coast prepares.

In the southeastern US, the coming storm disrupts research for many scientists.

Both bobcats and the state’s namesake panther, an endangered species, have been spotted with signs of the condition.

Oxytetracycline, approved by the US government to combat citrus scourge, may not work—at least not as a spray.

Runoff and waste may be more harmful to the animals than climate change.

Stony coral tissue loss disease has already affected 80 percent of Florida’s coastal reef system. Now, a huge team of responders is working to slow its spread and prepare for future restoration efforts.

The Category 2 storm is working its way up the Gulf of Mexico toward the panhandle.

Officials in one county are running operations to clean up the rotting fish.

Officials say the birds had eaten crops meant for experiments.

A Florida teenager is the first person with a confirmed infection by the mosquito-borne virus.