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Where do love bugs come from? Why do they appear twice a year? UCF Researcher Nash Turley answers these questions and more.

The storm hit at the peak of green sea turtle hatching season, washing out an estimated 45 percent of the threatened species’ nests.

Biology graduate student Veronica Urgiles dedicated one of her discoveries in Ecuador to Professor Pedro Quintana-Ascencio.

“Silent Takeover! Invasive Plants in Florida” is biology Professor Linda Walters’ latest book project for children. The free books warn about plants that are causing havoc to our environment.

Several of the 2019 Order of Pegasus honorees have studied fields as diverse as tidal flooding, migraine headaches, plastic pollution and other topics.

As frogs are facing what may be a mass extinction as a result of disease, an assistant professor of biology is working to protect them.

Scientists at the UCF are zeroing in on a new clue to understand a mysterious disease that affects about half the sea turtles in the…

A new partnership between Conservation Florida and both UCF’s Biology department and UCF Coastal increases the bench strength of statewide land protection work. The partnership…

Starting in 2020, the Republic of Palau will fine anyone selling sunscreens containing ingredients that UCF researchers have found are harmful to the environment.