Climate & Environment

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava tells New Times the owner rejected her administration’s 2023 offer to buy the island.

New Times Instagram followers suggest consequences for Boca Bash boat trash-dumping teens.

The teens accused of dumping trash into the ocean in a viral video were charged under a felony statute rather than Florida’s standard littering law.

Tired: Iguanas falling from trees. Wired: Iguanas burrowing sinkholes in the street.

The solar eclipse’s path of totality finally blanketed Dallas in darkness for a few dramatic minutes. But things didn’t look so clear Monday morning.

Looking ahead to today’s solar eclipse, here’s the forecast for Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

Here’s how and where to score safe eclipse glasses – including free ones, while supplies last.

We aren’t in the path of totality, but it’ll still be spectacular (weather permitting).

Researchers visited iconic reefs in the Florida Keys and found only 22 percent of the surveyed elkhorn coral remained alive.

How long will South Florida’s chilly weather hang around?

New Times dives into the bowels of the largest cruise ship in the world.

The lawsuit claims “airborne contaminants rained down on people’s heads” as the fire raged at Covanta’s plant.

One witness who looked on from a tenth-floor condo says the tornado went through the city “fast and furious.”

It’s not just your pizza-crust-lined Miami apartment. The entire city is overrun with these pests.

Florida was the only state to reject funding under the $6.4 billion federal program to reduce emissions.

Gale-force wind gusts reaching nearly 50 mph have put the kibosh on weekend plans.

A veterinarian who cared for Romeo for more than 20 years recalls how he would help young, rescued sea cows adapt to life in captivity.

A senior meteorologist said it was “Miami’s wettest day in over 11 years.”

While other big cities have thriving programs to monitor bird deaths, the Tropical Audubon Society hasn’t had the same luck in Miami.

The cool weather is offering some relief from the record-breaking brutal heat that melted Florida over the summer.

In 2021, more than 1,100 manatees perished in Florida, marking the deadliest year on record for the mammals.

Floridians have passed the peak of hurricane season, but the tropics remain active as Tropical Storm Philippe churns in the Atlantic.