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Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department

WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION

The mission of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation is to foster education, expand knowledge, and reward scholarship, using multi-disciplinary approaches, for the purpose of understanding, managing, and conserving biological resources. The primary goal of our teaching, research, and extension programs is to develop and communicate the knowledge necessary for enhancing the conservation and management of wildlife and their habitats for the greatest aesthetic, ecological, economic, and recreational values.

 

WEC Blog

Florida Master Naturalist Program – New/Revised Coastal Systems Course

Are you interested in Florida’s amazing coastal environments and the diverse array of species that live there? Did you know there are killer whales in the Gulf of Mexico and that a new species of whale was recently...
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UF CALS students earn annual awards

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fifteen UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences students were recognized for their academic accomplishments and successes at the University of Florida during the annual CALS awards banquet, held April 18. "It is...
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Elusive Soft Ticks: Finding an Understudied Disease Vector in Florida

Researchers in the Wisely lab in the UF|IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation are on the hunt for an elusive soft tick in an effort to determine its ecology and potential for disease spread in Florida. African Swine Fever...
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