1.0College of Sciences Newshttps://sciences.ucf.edu/newsjerriann.sullivanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JM833Xi2Qa"><a href="https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/florida-bird-may-soon-be-extinct/">Florida bird may soon be extinct</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/florida-bird-may-soon-be-extinct/embed/#?secret=JM833Xi2Qa" width="600" height="338" title="“Florida bird may soon be extinct” — College of Sciences News" data-secret="JM833Xi2Qa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2012/07/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.21.33-AM.png616459A type of sparrow that lives only in Florida has mysteriously plunged in number so dramatically that scientists fear it will vanish forever well before the end of this decade. Florida grasshopper sparrows, which inhabit grasslands in the state’s interior south of Orlando, have been listed as endangered for the past 26 years. But the […]