GAINESVILLE, Fla --- The Alachua County Health Department is attempting to locate an individual that handled a rabid bat on the University campus on Saturday, July 16th.

LIVE OAK, Fla. --- According to the "Poop Scoop" newsletter - published by the University of Florida to help farmers manage waste from thousands of dairy cows and millions of chickens - manure can be a good thing.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have learned how to selectively shut down a flyweight-sized genetic molecule that packs a heavyweight punch, a discovery that may help doctors better understand cancer, birth defects and other health problems.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- UF Staff Survey Provides Insight Into Working Conditions

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida study has found that mutations in the mitochondria caused by obesity and lack of exercise -- not oxidative stress from free radicals -- may be a key factor in the aging process.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The nationwide boom in housing and other construction associated with urban development is driving one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. agriculture, according to a new economic study by the University of Florida and the University of Tennessee.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Age may work in reverse when it comes to raising grandchildren, suggests a University of Florida study that finds younger grandmothers in this role are depressed more often than their older counterparts.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In a rapidly globalizing economy, international tax lawyers are more in demand and young lawyers around the world are eager to get into the field.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - In the first study of its kind, University of Florida researchers are testing the power of a natural human hormone to biochemically move teeth faster and less painfully during orthodontic treatment.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Wildlife corridors, intended to help animals move between otherwise isolated natural areas, may aid plants in the same way.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Drug abusers are increasingly turning to a slow-release form of a powerful painkiller for a quick and dangerous high, University of Florida researchers warn. The trend is raising alarm as the number of people dying from an overdose of the drug fentanyl, an opioid 100 times more potent than morphine, rises.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- New Florida homes withstood last year's four hurricanes better than their older counterparts -- thanks in large measure to continued improvements in the state's hurricane building code, say University of Florida engineers.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Whether mapping genes, probing elemental particles or monitoring global warming, more and more scientists rely on massive data vaults located at universities and institutions around the world.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Portraying the gay rights conflict as a sharply divided battle between homosexuals and social conservatives ignores the ambivalent feelings held by the vast majority of people in the middle, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers have built a world-record high frequency chip using a common type of semiconductor, an advance that could lead to inexpensive systems for detecting hidden weapons, and chemical and biological agents.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida's Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art continues to build, not only in additional exhibition space, but also in faculty support.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For Florida manatees, the eyes may have it, say University of Florida researchers studying whether the mammals' unusually thick tear film helps protect against disease and could be used to gauge the endangered sea cows' ability to fight stress from cold water temperatures.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- African honeybees - also known as killer bees - have entered Florida, and a University of Florida researcher says the aggressive insects may eventually spread throughout the state and move into other areas of the southeastern United States.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Endurance exercises such as running and cycling may protect older people from cardiac injury during a heart attack, according to a new University of Florida study.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As blacks and others celebrate Juneteenth this weekend, the role of the church in the emancipation of the slaves will not be forgotten.