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  • The Starving Snakes of Seahorse Key

    Mysteriously vanished waterbirds. Cannibalistic snakes. An island with no freshwater except for rainfall. It may sound like a Crichton novel or SyFy original movie, but it’s the reality of Seahorse Key, part of the Gulf Coast Cedar Keys that University ...

  • Student Profile — Phillip Dmitriev

    Oxford Bound To study something as complex as the human brain, one certainly needs a well-rounded education, and Phillip Dmitriev ’17, has immersed himself in an interdisciplinary program at UF to do just that. A budding physician-scientist majoring in microbiology and ...

  • Bones Got Bite

    Anthropological analysis of shark bites provides a new standard for forensic science. Read more "Bones Got Bite"

  • Crab Love in the Garbage Patch

    Joseph Pfaller and Michael Gil have led several projects that culminated in an intriguing finding: crabs exhibit different mating behavior when living tucked below the carapace of a loggerhead turtle than in a nest of plastic. Read more "Crab ...

  • Extracurricular — Alinda Saintval

    Alinda Saintval ’19 is a zoology and visual arts studies major, who has parlayed her passion and talent for art into an enterprise painting personalized backpacks. Read more "Extracurricular — Alinda Saintval"