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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has issued a reminder that sea turtles are starting to nest on the state’s beaches. Residents and visitors can play a big part in helping to protect vulnerable nesting sea turtles this spring and summer while visiting Florida’s coastal habitats.
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More than half of Florida manatees rely on power plants to survive. That’s a problem for addressing climate change.
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The legislation is similar to the “stand your ground” law that allows people to use deadly force against other people threatening them. People who kill bears would not be allowed to eat them or stuff them.
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The bill dubbed compact to conserve is on it way to the governor's desk.
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The state has agreed to protect an area along Fisheating Creek in Highlands County. It's called the Lightsey Family Ranch, 12,085 acres that is surrounded on all sides by previously preserved lands.
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Florida lawmakers look set to pass legislation which would make local heat protections "void and unenforceable" — while also delaying for four years the state’s own ability to enact standards.
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The number of sightings of sick sawfish in the Lower Keys has increased to 49, with 16 deaths confirmed, Florida wildlife officials said Friday.
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NASA and SpaceX are preparing for a crewed mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is expected Sunday evening at 10:53 PM.
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So far this year, state wildlife officials have recorded 83 deaths across the state through Feb. 9. That figure roughly tracks the number of deaths from the same period last year but is significantly better than 2021 or 2022, when more than 200 manatees died during the same period of about five weeks. Overall, Florida averages more than 700 deaths per year.
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Scientists say the fish kill that started in November and spread among dozens of species is unlike anything they've seen before.
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The more than half mile long wall, called the Blinkerwall, was likely used by Stone Age hunter-gatherers to herd reindeer toward a shooting blind.
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Atalas are small butterflies with inky black wings that are speckled with iridescent blue spots, and a bright red body.
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The first survey of Florida’s reefs after an ‘apocalyptic’ marine heat wave offers a bleak picture of the future of the state’s renowned corals — and the restoration efforts to save them.
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Recycling "does not solve the solid waste problem," the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching its recycling campaign.