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At least six people were injured in shark attacks in the U.S. since the July Fourth weekend. Such attacks are actually rare, but experts say to stay calm and move away slowly if a shark approaches.
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Expanded development and lack of prescribed burns have been hurting scrub jay habitats throughout Florida.
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The moment marked the highlight of a Native American ceremony to commemorate the calf's birth that featured the retelling of how a mysterious woman brought a message of reassurance during hard times.
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Birders, tourists — as well as local celebrities like Steven Spielberg — are flocking to see a lone flamingo among the swans. Audubon Florida said that Hurricane Idalia, which swept into Florida in August 2023 and sent flocks of flamingos flying north, may have had something to do with the bird’s arrival.
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Entanglement in fishing gear is one of the two biggest threats to declining species of whales, along with collisions with ships.
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A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long and had 122 developing eggs.
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Researchers will look to sediments for information on past blooms and what they can tell us about today's events.
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Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.
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Scientists say a fisherman caught a giant stingray that measured almost 13 feet from snout to tail in the Mekong River.
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A loggerhead turtle is rehabbing at Zoo Miami's new Sea Turtle Hospital. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent the turtle to the zoo after a shark bit off most of her left fin.
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Seagrasses have been found growing recently in small areas of the Indian River Lagoon along Florida’s east coast where chronic pollution has wiped out much of it, officials said on a Wednesday conference call.
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State and federal wildlife officials are working together to address the unusual die-off of manatees. Already this year more than 440 have died. That's high, but not as bad as in 2021.
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Many of the rescued manatees have gone to SeaWorld in Orlando. SeaWorld’s Christopher Dold says when the expansion is complete the facility will be the largest in the nation for critical manatees.
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Florida lawmakers included $27 million for manatees in the state budget this session. Advocates say the funding is historic but not enough to solve the long-term problems that have led to an unprecedented die-off.