Thousands come out to Seventh Annual Elephant Appreciation Day
Six Asian elephants were waving their trunks at an audience of hundreds Saturday for the Seventh Annual Elephant Appreciation Day.
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Six Asian elephants were waving their trunks at an audience of hundreds Saturday for the Seventh Annual Elephant Appreciation Day.
Growing up, I was what my parents called an adventurous eater. Although that can mean many different things depending on how you define adventurous, all you need to know is that by the time I was 8, while the majority of my classmates and friends swore by the kids menu, my wish was to go out for sushi.
On Saturday, 366 students will march to the beat of Aretha Franklin’s “Respect.” The UF marching band’s show honoring Franklin is the third performance of the season rehearsed with a new mobile app for learning drills.
In classrooms and in our student newsroom, we, young journalists, are learning what “truth” means.
A man accused of shooting at a group of fleeing men was arrested Sunday by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo opened its first walk-through aviary Sunday. Visitors are able to enter the animals’ habitat and get close to native Floridian birds.
I have recently come across a community of people who have a unique view about diets and veganism. These people believe that consuming a more plant-based diet is beneficial to the environment and our bodies, but they are open to making exceptions in times of inconvenience.
Newly discovered fossil evidence has overridden the previous assumption that ancient primates only had nails on their fingers and toes.
It’s a kid a show, right?
My Preview counselor did a great job of laying out a roadmap for being a UF student. She told me about what college will be like going forward: how I’d build a work ethic and collegiate-level study habits, find a group of friends that I’d keep for a lifetime and develop myself professionally and spiritually. Preview readies you for changes you’ll see to your student persona. What it can never prepare you for is seeing your hometown change right out from underneath you.
The Florida football team lost four balls in the process, but 53,015 fans got the show they wanted at Saturday’s annual Orange and Blue game: quality play from UF’s quarterbacks, renewed levels of energy and excitement and, of course, points on the scoreboard.
With a dreamy signature sound that draws from the compelling nature of live instrumentation and the versatility of production, Bells and Robes are one of the most unique groups to come out of the Gainesville music scene.
A Gainesville man was taken to the Alachua County Jail after trying to steal a car from the jail’s parking lot, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
Similarly to how they do it when their owners arrive home, more than 50 four-legged friends bolted through the gates of Dogwood Park on Saturday morning as soon as they were released from their leashes.
Sarah Whitmire poured herself a steaming cup of tea to warm her orange-and-blue-stained hands.
In 1947, Dr. Ross Allen, founder of The Reptile Institute at Silver Springs, donated an alligator nicknamed “Albert” to the University of Florida. Before kickoff of every home football game, Albert was strapped to a leash and would lead the team onto the field. He was then kept on the sidelines for the rest of the game. A chain-link pen was even built near Century Tower to keep the gator.
UF and international researchers discovered a new use for a high blood pressure drug — to prevent or slow down Type I diabetes.
Manatees are as much a part of Florida’s identity as oranges and Mickey Mouse. Picture, for a moment, a manatee floating effortlessly beneath the water’s surface, looking for a patch of vegetation to munch on before it innocently moves through a precious Floridian body of water. Pretty majestic, right?
Luis Rodriguez contemplated suing when a property owner wouldn’t let him rent because he had a support dog, Lori the pit bull.
Thanks to Eric Gilbert, this year there were 45 days of Christmas.