UF students, Gainesville residents sample creepy-crawlies, wild game at Beast Feast
(02/17/14 12:14am)
Gators craving opossum, elk and armadillo meat got their fix Saturday night at this year’s Beast Feast.
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Florida python invasion slithers into virtual world
(01/30/14 12:27am)
Python invasion has spread from the Everglades to the virtual world.
Guest column: Releasing pets into the wild harms local ecosystems
(12/01/13 11:53pm)
Let’s say you brought your favorite pet to college. Three exams and two papers later, you’re realizing you don’t have the time or space to care for Steve the Snake. Well, doesn’t every animal want to be free? Letting him go into the wild is the best option, right?
Bill Nye rules, lines drool: Tickets gone
(11/21/13 12:36am)
Bill Nye tickets are bye-bye.
Multimedia show at UF gives artists lay of the land
(10/09/13 10:54pm)
Students, faculty and museum-goers could hear the buzzing of insects and swaying of trees as they stepped into Naomi Fisher’s reception for “Lay of the Land” at the University Gallery on Friday.
New Harry Potter film has similarities on football field
(09/13/13 1:04am)
On Thursday, the film and literature worlds were rocked by an out-of-the-blue announcement — the Harry Potter universe will come back to film with an adaptation of author J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”
The good, the bad and the gay
(07/09/13 6:47pm)
A summer romance is a delicate situation. It’s more scolding than the tenacious sun on an early July afternoon and fizzles out faster than cooler sunsets in August.
Animal debates get hairy, furry, scaly
(06/20/13 1:04am)
During football season, UF students and locals hate any animal that’s not a Gator.
Movie series kicks off at museum
(06/20/13 12:46am)
Bigfoot, Titanoboa and King Kong — oh my.
The Constrictor
(04/23/13 10:23pm)
Michael D’Ottavio, 30, cleans off a piece of a rib from a Titanoboa, a 60-million-year-old snake that was recently discovered in a Colombian coal mine. An exhibition about the snake is on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History until August 11.
Exotic animals adopted during amnesty events
(04/17/13 12:45am)
Ashley Beasley’s pet turtle, Fred, inspired her five years ago. Her friend gave it to her because she didn’t know how to take care of it.
Event hopes to attract exotic animals today
(04/16/13 12:35am)
Exotic pet owners will be able to turn in their exotic pets for free without facing any penalties at the first local Exotic Pet Amnesty Day today on campus.
Chamber breathes new life into local animal hospital
(03/21/13 12:01am)
About 60 animals have been treated at UF’s Small Animal Hospital with a hyperbaric chamber, an oxygen machine found to cure the wounds of furry friends in addition to people.
Nature park attraction shuts down
(03/19/13 12:30am)
In the last five years working at Silver Springs Park, Chris Cotton has plenty of stories to tell about his time taking care of the park’s animals.
Not snakes on a plane. Maxis on a plane.
(02/25/13 8:30pm)
It’s finally time. Whip out your tanning lotion, piña colata mix and Listerine bottles not filled with Listerine that you’re going to bring on your cruise because it’s spring break.
FWC: 68 pythons captured — and one was 14 feet, 3 inches long
(02/20/13 12:30am)
The Burmese python population in the Everglades is now a bit smaller — 68 pythons smaller, to be exact.
Students celebrate Chinese New Year
(02/04/13 12:30am)
Year of the Dragon was so 2012.
Monster snake model slithers to UF's campus
(01/28/13 12:59am)
The largest snake that ever lived and king of the Colombian rainforest 60 million years ago, comes back to life as a full-scale, 48-foot-long model in the Florida Museum of Natural History’s newest exhibit.
Gainesville rallies for the food trucks
(01/28/13 12:38am)
Loaded grilled cheese sandwiches, squid gyros and barbecue eggrolls were among the many meals served Saturday at Gainesville’s first-ever Food Truck Rally.
Ball Python
(01/27/13 11:28pm)
Wildlife ecology and conservation freshman Sean Tupper, 19, holds out a ball python snake to visitors at the Florida Museum of Natural History Saturday afternoon as part of their exhibit Titanoboa: Monster Snake.
