Newly released autopsy report from cassowary attack clears up confusion over cause of death
New details have surfaced about the fatal attack in Alachua County earlier this year from what ornithologists describe as “the world’s most dangerous bird.”
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New details have surfaced about the fatal attack in Alachua County earlier this year from what ornithologists describe as “the world’s most dangerous bird.”
Kya, a 2-year-old mutt waited more than 2 months at Alachua County Animal Services (ACAS), along with many other dogs and cats, to find her forever home.
Along with the best academics in the state, UF can boast a new top ranking as of Tuesday.
If Toby could meet any celebrity, it would be Kermit the Frog. Amphibian representation matters, you know.
Sunday night, a teenage gamer became a multi-millionaire and also a Fortnite World Cup champion. Sixteen-year-old Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf beat 99 other players, and in doing so, became the game’s first solo world champion. He won $3 million. And although he didn’t ask, we have a few ideas about how he should spend it.
Two Jeffrey Epstein accusers urged a judge Monday to keep the wealthy financier behind bars until he goes on trial on federal charges that he sexually abused underage girls.
Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in U.S. labs every year in the name of “science.”
Swimming until your fingertips form mountain ridges, reading library books as the regularly scheduled rain pings at your window and napping with the smell of sunscreen lotion lingering on your cool sheets are just a few of the childhood summer mementos we hold close to our sunburnt hearts. Just because you have summer classes doesn’t mean you can’t tap into a youthful experience with exploration and adventure in a town most students only get to know in their adult life. Here are our favorite (somewhat) hidden gems and summer pastimes.
Toby, 2-year-old Potbelly pig, often referred to as a “mini pig” enjoying the afternoon at his new home in Peacefield. Toby was neglected in a confined space before a local animal rights activist brought him to Peacefield where he has acres to explore, friends to keep him company and lots of love.
John and Emma Hoel only had three goals: to save animals, to inspire people and to avoid putting on a winter coat again.
It’s the weekend, or at least your definition of it, as you only have class three days a week. It’s road trip time, so you set your coordinates to someplace south of here and burn the dinosaur fuel to get there. But instead of hitting rain, your car comes in contact with something superiorly worse: lovebugs, aka one of the plagues not mentioned in Exodus. You must have killed a hundred a minute driving on the highway. And when you reach your destination you see your damage. “Weird…,” you think to yourself. The bugs’ dead bodies seem to spell something out….
Building confidence and helping cats find homes goes hand in paw for the Humane Society of North Central Florida.
Butterflies do their fair share in the world. They help pollinate flowers, provide food for other animals and now help provide beer for us. That’s right: beer.
Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the 1950s and ’60s and a symbol of wholesome American womanhood, died Monday. She was 97.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in eight bomb blasts that rocked churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday — the deadliest violence the South Asian island country has seen since a bloody civil war ended a decade ago.
Virginia Brissette Hirshik wanted one thing during a Tuesday night neighborhood meeting: an apology from Alachua County Animal Services Director Ed Williams.
A woman and her dog were attacked by a pack of dogs Friday in the same neighborhood an emotional support dog was mauled.
Tico was with Lorraine Marie Anderson when her mother died from cancer, when her long-time boyfriend left her and when she was evicted from her house.
The future of Florida’s pitching staff is here.
Plastic bags were the first to go from Loosey’s.