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The Lee County Mosquito Control District predicts that a large mosquito outbreak is coming as a result of heavy rain and continued flooding from Hurricane… -
The Florida Department of Health in Lee County says there’s been a spike in confirmed cases of infectious syphilis in the county. They’re calling the… -
You may have heard of feral cats, but have you heard of feral chickens? Feral chickens are now the subject of evolutionary research. And the ones in… -
As the University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center prepares to celebrate its centennial anniversary, researchers there say that they’re… -
At Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, the landscape is quintessential Florida. There's the marsh area with towering cypress trees and there's the wet… -
A new adult-care clinic in Newtown opened this month. A community-wide partnership aims to make the clinic a ‘one-stop-shop’ for a variety of needs for… -
I’m in a lab at Florida Gulf Coast University, talking to a 4-year-old about every photo in her mom’s camera roll. Her mom, Alana Underwood, asked Curious… -
You might think of syphilis as an archaic sexually transmitted disease. But the number of syphilis cases in Southwest Florida has nearly doubled since… -
Hunting for seashells along Southwest Florida beaches is a common hobby, but how well do you know your shells? Can you tell a ribbed cantharus from a… -
Florida’s tomato growing season is now in full swing and growers are hopeful the industry will rebound after this past season during which farmers saw a…
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