In Echo of Jurassic Park, Mosquitoes Capture Entire Ecosystems in Their Blood Meals (UF News)
UF researchers discovered that mosquitoes in central Florida fed on 86 different animal species, demonstrating that mosquitoes can serve as powerful tools for monitoring local biodiversity more efficiently than traditional wildlife surveys.
Sloth Fever Unlikely To Spread via Mosquitoes in Southeastern US (UF News)
UF researchers found that the primary mosquitoes in the Southeastern U.S. are poor transmitters of the Oropouche virus, easing concerns that “sloth fever” could become established in the region despite recent travel-related cases.
Disease Experts Team Up With Florida Museum of Natural History To Create a Forecast for West Nile Virus (Florida Museum)
UF researchers collaborated to develop a statistical model based on two decades of sentinel chicken data to forecast West Nile virus activity in Florida up to six months in advance, providing health officials with a proactive tool to help prevent outbreaks.