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Jul 08 Research shows contraception could control problem parakeets

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When monk parakeets began to infiltrate the United States in the 1960s, some feared they would ravage farm crops as they often had in their native South America.

Jul 07 Florida’s rental markets latest to suffer ill effects in housing crunch

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The spread of “For Rent” signs is the latest bad news as Florida’s real estate market declines in all forms of rentals, a new University of Florida study finds.

Jul 03 New study points to agriculture in frog sexual abnormalities

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot.

Jul 03 Geologists push back date basins formed, supporting frozen Earth theory

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Even in geology, it’s not often a date gets revised by 500 million years.

Jul 02 UF study: Religious devotion linked to educational outcomes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Adolescents who consider themselves “very religious” are generally more likely to finish college than their less devout counterparts, according to a University of Florida study.