The world’s tallest teenager might have to wait a year to become the world’s tallest college basketball player.

Cows produce your milk and beef, but what these big animals belch up is a big contributor to climate change. Researchers at the University of Florida are working to find a solution.

In a recent episode of Florida's Fourth Estate, attorney and philanthropist John Morgan didn't mince words when it came to his alma mater, the University of Florida, and its recent leadership under former President Ben Sasse.

The list is divided into different regions of the country, including the North, Midwest, West and — in Florida’s case — South.

Anyone who’s lived in Florida over the past few decades has likely had a run-in with these pests. But that might not be the case for much longer.

A new report says former University of Florida president Ben Sasse spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions.

Newly released reports from North Carolina's public university system to prove compliance with a new systemwide diversity policy show several DEI position cuts and reassignments were made.

Ricky Pearsall, a former University of Florida football player, was shot and injured on Saturday afternoon, according to San Francisco Mayor London Breed.

If the point of going to college is to acquire yourself a little knowledge, the University of Florida in Gainesville (and a long way from Bourbon Street) has the course for you.

A team of scientists from the University of Florida is exploring the impact of a lizard population shift that could influence the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

Spending by recently resigned University of Florida President Ben Sasse is coming under scrutiny after the student-run newspaper found that he gave high-paying jobs to former members of his U.S. Senate staff and Republican allies.

Lawns across Central Florida have been reaping the rewards of a full-fledged rainy season.

The University of Florida canceled classes due to Tropical Storm Debby.

Check out the Player of the Week featuring Vernell Brown III of Jones High School.

A teen scientist from Orlando has developed a potion from beer that might help save the ailing honeybee population.

The University of Florida President Ben Sasse announced Thursday night that he will resign from his position.

The College World Series elimination game between Kentucky and Florida scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed because of inclement weather forecast for the Omaha area.

Kentucky finally made it to a College World Series, and the Wildcats will be joined by at least three other Southeastern Conference teams on college baseball’s biggest stage.

A longtime invasive ant has been making the rounds in Florida over the past few decades. And with summer coming up, it’s prime season for these ants to spread.

Saying his experience is “emblematic of the abuses running rampant in the world of big-time college football,” a former high-school star quarterback on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing University of Florida football coach Billy Napier, a top Gators booster and others of wrongdoing related to a $13.85 million endorsement deal gone sour.

Researchers with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences provided an update on its research project aimed at growing the plant used to brew beer.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at the University of Florida to decry ongoing pro-Palestinian demonstrations at college campuses, doing so as protesters could be heard chanting nearby.

According to the study, these cities were analyzed based on economic, housing, transportation, health and education factors..

Protestors at the University of Florida and University of South Florida were arrested on Monday, according to university officials.

The University of Florida is telling students what they can and can’t do if they want to protest on campus, and rulebreakers among students and faculty will face harsh penalties, according to information being shared on campus this week.

Gators are getting busy and you will likely see more of them this time of year. Here's what you need to know as mating season gets underway.

Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members' jobs in North Carolina's public university system could be at risk.

With April kicking off breeding season for many Florida critters, these colorful lizards are likely to become much more common in the coming months.

A pre-med student at the University of Florida is accused of stabbing his mother to death on Saturday afternoon, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

March Madness gets underway this week and on Sunday we found out when Florida’s college basketball teams that made it into the NCAA men’s tournament will play.

The NAACP says Black student-athletes should reconsider attending public colleges and universities in Florida.

The NAACP said it sent a letter to “current and prospective members of the NCAA” on Monday asking Black student athletes to reconsider attending a Florida public university or college.

The University of Florida is eliminating its chief diversity officer position, scrapping the program’s staff jobs and halting any contracts involving the subject because of a new law passed last year that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

If you notice there is an unusually high amount of “bee traffic” near your home, it could be an indicator that bees are setting up a colony there.

Florida coach Billy Napier needed to make changes after back-to-back losing seasons.

The International Shark Attack File lists 69 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide last year — 16 of which happened in Florida.

Tuesday’s Falcon 9 launch to the International Space Station included one interesting passenger – a microbiology experiment from the University of Florida.

More than 40 years ago, a neighborhood in Seminole County was reportedly swarmed with "billions" of these tiny toads. Experts say it can happen again.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state university system are trying to fend off lawsuits from pro-Palestinian student groups that allege First Amendment violations amid campus debates about the war between Israel and Hamas.

The couple's child one day told investigators that he “did not want to go home because the father built a cage to lock him in while the mother worked,” police said.

The Florida Forest Service has a new tool to fight wildfires.

More than 40 years ago, a neighborhood in Seminole County was reportedly swarmed in what was called “The Great Longwood Toad Invasion.”

Climate change is helping to fuel a small insect that carries a powerful disease -- threatening the future of your cold morning glass of Florida orange juice.

As major retailers, like Target, plan to close some of their stores due to retail theft, a group of researchers in Central Florida is trying to help corporations outsmart thieves.

A vigil for victims of the attacks in Israel at the University of Florida erupts into chaos, leaving five injured.

Florida agriculture losses from Hurricane Idalia are estimated at between $78 million and $371 million, with producers also suffering widespread damage to such infrastructure as irrigation rigs and fences.

The University of Florida was named the top U.S. public university in the 2024 America’s Best College Rankings, published Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal.

The Florida Gators faced a tough season opener against the Utah Utes on Thursday evening after Bryson Barnes threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to Money Parks.

Police say two people were killed after shots rang out in a crowd in the home city of Florida’s flagship university.

The Gators are an SEC underdog going into the 2023 football season. Here's what to know.

The most racially and ethnically diverse U.S. Congress to date is also the most educated.

University of Florida landscaping research is helping to save water, money, and the changing climate.

A Florida man is in jail accused of beating another man with a baseball bat after finding him in bed with his wife, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

The Swamp is getting a makeover.

Imagine having a home with landscaping that doesn’t need additional water.

This week’s Getting Results Award goes to one mother who has found a way to share her daughter’s memory through a foundation dedicated to helping children with serious illnesses.

An animal shelter in Daytona Beach is temporarily closed due to some dogs at the center being diagnosed with upper respiratory infections.

Haiti’s inmates are thirsty and starving in severely overcrowded jails, many forced to sleep standing up.

Paleontologist Jonathan Bloch with the Florida Museum of Natural History said his team would have never uncovered a prehistoric site filled with fossils if it weren't for a 5-year-old little girl.

Here are some places to check out for World Dinosaur Day, June 1.

Fossil hunters in Florida are unearthing incredible finds, including prehistoric creatures such as rhinos, sabretooth cats and ancient relatives of elephants.

The annual rivalry game between Florida and Georgia will be played in Jacksonville at least through 2025.

The University of Florida is revamping and streamlining its fundraising collective.

According to the university, the move comes as a result of an emergency regulation issued by the Florida Board of Governors amid security concerns posed by these platforms.

The university sent an email to students and faculty outlining five apps, including TikTok, that will no longer be allowed on devices or networks owned by the school.

You have a higher chance of being struck by lightning than being attacked by a gator — but that doesn't mean it can't happen.

University of Florida scientists are asking residents to report sightings of nonnative lizards, in order to prevent invasive spread.

Hurricane Ian caused an estimated $1 billion in agricultural-production losses, with the biggest hits to the citrus industry, along with growers of vegetables and melons, according to a new University of Florida report.

The University of Florida and the city are working on plans to build a new graduate satellite campus in Jacksonville.

According to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File, unprovoked shark bites in Florida accounted for 28% of attacks worldwide.

The beached 21-foot killer whale that was found dead on a beach in Flagler County was buried in a secret location.

A potential class-action lawsuit has gone to the Florida Supreme Court in a dispute about whether the University of Florida should return fees to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Florida motorists had more than 1.99 million specialty license plates as of last week.

A group of University of Florida medical-school faculty members challenged controversial guidance by state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on COVID-19 vaccinations, but a university official said Wednesday the guidance is outside the scope of Ladapo’s work with the school.

University of Florida professors are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that challenged a controversial conflict-of-interest policy that gave school administrators discretion over allowing faculty members to serve as expert witnesses in litigation.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced two new specialty license plates on Thursday: one featuring the University of Florida Gator and the other displaying the Gadsden Flag.

A former UF football players shares his experience being one of the "guinea pigs" for Dr. Cade's groundbreaking concoction: Gatorade.

The Board of Trustees for the University of Florida is meeting to consider the selection of Ben Sasse to serve as the university’s president.

The University of Florida is going to start enforcing a decades-old prohibition against indoor protests following a raucous demonstration earlier this month against the selection of U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as a finalist for the school president’s job.

Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month.

Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse faced pointed questions and loud protests during his first visit to the University of Florida as the lone finalist for the school’s presidency.

The UF presidential search committee recommended Dr. Ben Sasse as the sole finalist for the job to its Board of Trustees Thursday.

Fans of the University of Kentucky Wildcats football team flipped over a car and set furniture on fire in Lexington, Kentucky, while celebrating the team’s 26 to 16 win over the University of Florida Gators on Sept. 10.

College football season has arrived, bringing heated rivalries along with it.

Shilese Jones grabbed the lead at the U.S. gymnastics championships, riding a dynamic bars routine to post an all-around total of 57.200.

A wide receiver from Boone High School uses animals to help announce his college decision.

Scientists for the first time have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.

Can you believe it was just 50 years ago the University of Florida was the first university in the southeastern conference to form a women’s athletics program?

A University of Florida investigation has found no merit to allegations that state or university officials pressured researchers to suppress or destroy COVID-19 research data.

A federal judge has temporarily prohibited the University of Florida from enforcing a policy that restricted faculty members from providing expert testimony in cases that conflict with positions taken by the state of Florida.

A federal judge sharply criticized an attorney for the University of Florida during a hearing on whether six professors’ free speech rights were infringed upon after the lawyer accused some of the academics of having no standing to make their cases because they had violated school policy.

As the demand for COVID-19 tests remains high, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration said things should start improving soon in Florida.

Researchers at University of Florida released a new study projecting the end of the omicron wave is near, but they said it will get worse before it gets better.

University of Florida President Kent Fuchs announced Wednesday that he plans to step down at the end of 2022, saying he has fulfilled commitments he made when he took the helm of the state’s flagship university.

University of Florida researchers predict that COVID-19 cases in the Sunshine State could peak in February with more than 30,000 reported cases a day from the omicron variant.

New Florida coach Billy Napier plans to hire an “unprecedented” support staff.

A person familiar with negotiations says new Florida coach Billy Napier agreed to a seven-year, $51.8 million contract that makes him the fifth-highest-paid coach in the Southeastern Conference.

A University of Florida professor said the omicron variant of the coronavirus has more mutations than the delta variant.

Nearly two decades after earning a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and more than four years after his death, rock icon Tom Petty has been awarded a honorary Ph.D. from the University of Florida.

A University of Florida professor has filed a grievance against the school, saying administrators told him he couldn't use the worlds ‘critical' and ‘race' together in describing a new study concentration.