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These 'Crazy' Invasive Florida Pests Attack Mammals, Birds and Create Giant Supercolonies

Tawny Crazy Ant

These 'Crazy' Invasive Florida Pests Attack Mammals, Birds and Create Giant Supercolonies

According to Texas A&M University's Urban and Structural Entomology Program, after experiencing the tawny crazy ant, most residents prefer the fire ant.

Researchers: 80 Percent Drop in Butterflies in North Florida

Researchers: 80 Percent Drop in Butterflies in North Florida

Quoting the article below,” …researchers believe two major factors could be responsible. Milkweed is the favorite food of young monarchs, and its availability has been sharply reduced by development and by glyphosate (Roundup®), an herbicide widely used in agriculture to kill weeds.” NOTE: this article was originally published to ExpressNews.

Humans and Mastodons Coexisted in Florida, New Evidence Shows

Humans and Mastodons Coexisted in Florida, New Evidence Shows

New archaeological discoveries in Florida establish earlier dates for human presence in North America than those that were previously accepted. The same discoveries show that early Native Americans hunted mastodons – a now-extinct, ancient relative of elephants. For 30-million years, mastodons were a keystone species of highly productive savanna ecosystems across