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Records obtained by WLRN from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission show state staff scrambling to respond to an alarming number of sick and dead sawfish, with as many as seven reports on a single day. So far 21 have died.
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This year's Aspen Ideas: Climate summit drew an array of experts to South Florida, and one focus was on curbing plastic pollution.
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Lauren Sánchez — vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund and fiancée of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — made her first public comments in her new home of South Florida.
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As oceans warm and organisms that feed on seagrasses move north, they could overgraze parts of the Gulf of Mexico, including areas in the greater Tampa Bay region, that's according to recent study.
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The death of a sperm whale off the Venice coast this morning, while difficult even for marine experts who deal with such things, could be a learning experience for them.
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The Secretary of the Environmental Protection Agency, along with U.S. Energy and Interior secretaries, visited South Florida to highlight White House climate policies.
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For the first time in state history, the Florida legislature passed the first flood disclosure bill. If signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, it would reveal some — but not all — flood risks of a potential home.
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The study is a required step in a long process Key Biscayne hopes will lead to the island’s inclusion in a federal shoreline program, worth tens of millions in federal dollars to protect both the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay sides of the island.
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One of the rarest fish on the planet is dying in the Keys. Scientists are struggling to find out whySawfish, and about 30 other species of fish, are turning up sick and dying in the Lower Keys as questions mount over what's causing it. As word and worries spread, scientists are yet to find a smoking gun.
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After failing to appeal to get more heat protections from Florida lawmakers, a coalition of farmworkers from South-Dade and Immokalee intend to take their campaign directly to the powerful fast food and grocery industries that buy the produce they harvest.
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Manatees were among the first animals listed on the Endangered Species Act in 1973, when their population was estimated at 1,000. Now they’ve come to exemplify both the power of conservation and how tenuous its successes can feel.
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The bill dubbed compact to conserve is on it way to the governor's desk.