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Tegu Hunters Scour Canals to Save the Everglades

By Joshua Ceballos
Jul 11, 2022

Researchers with Everglades National Park go out and capture tegu lizards every week day to try and curb the runaway train of the invasive reptile's population.
July 5: The Dirtiest Beach Day of the Year

By Joshua Ceballos
Jun 30, 2022

The masses of people who flock to beaches to celebrate leave a ton of crap behind.
Outdoor Center Staff Interrupts Apparent Bird Sacrifice on Virginia Key UPDATED

By Joshua Ceballos
Jun 28, 2022

Staff at the Virginia Key Outdoor Center found boxes filled with live hens and pigeons and an apparent sacrifice-in-progress.
Climate Justice Groups Decry FPL's $500 Million Proposal to Prepare for "Extreme Winter Event"

By Ajhada Gabriel
Jun 24, 2022

Community advocacy groups say the threat of an "extreme winter event" is highly unlikely in Florida.
Record-Breaking 215-Pound Burmese Python Captured in Southwest Florida

By Joshua Ceballos
Jun 23, 2022

The female Burmese python measured 17.7 feet long and weighed 215 pounds.
Five Chaotic Miami Flood Videos From Potential Tropical Cyclone One

By Alex DeLuca
Jun 6, 2022

Surfing dogs, Corvette submarines, and drunken, drenched clubgoers dominated social media in Potential Tropical Cyclone One's watery wake.
Six Lessons From a Tour of Waste Management's Local Recycling Facility

By Joshua Ceballos
Jun 2, 2022

The truth about glass, the secret of the recycling symbol, and other lessons from a tour of Waste Management's Reuter Recycling Facility.
Save Our Views! Proposed Ordinance Seeks to Ban Mangrove Planting in City Parks

By Alex DeLuca
May 30, 2022

Environmentalists worry the law would be a setback for the city's resiliency efforts.
Missing in Inaction: Florida’s Environmental Regulation Commission Hasn't Met in Five Years

By Alex DeLuca
May 13, 2022

The state's top environmental management agency last convened on February 8, 2017.
Threatened Tricolored Heron Nest Photographed at West Kendall Development Site

By Joshua Ceballos
May 11, 2022

Calusa residents are eager to learn how the photographic evidence will affect the 550-home plan.
Miami Is Garbage at Recycling

By Joshua Ceballos
May 6, 2022

Miami-Dade County's recycling rate has taken a nosedive in the past decade.
"Sign of Hope": Rare Sighting of Two Endangered Sawfish in Biscayne Bay

By Alex DeLuca
Apr 12, 2022

Scientists say the sighting sparks hope for not just the species but the habitat they were spotted in.
The Everglades Fights Back: Native Bobcat Faces Off Against Invasive Python

By Joshua Ceballos
Mar 7, 2022

This is the first time a native predator was documented fighting a nesting python in the Everglades.
Class-Action Lawsuit Against Big Sugar Dismissed; Environmentalists Vow to Fight On

By Alex DeLuca
Mar 3, 2022

Following a three-year battle in court, both parties agreed to end litigation. But environmentalists aren't giving up.
Why FIU Wants to Build a "Category 6" Hurricane Prototype Facility

By Jess Swanson
Feb 23, 2022

Hurricanes are getting stronger and more frequent. FIU aims to create a new facility to prepare for them.
Fecal Matter: Miami Beach's Old Sewage Pipes Keep Breaking, Threaten Biscayne Bay

By Joshua Ceballos
Feb 9, 2022

A pressurized sewage pipe on Dade Boulevard has suffered multiple ruptures since 2019.
Chicken of the Trees: The Ultimate Guide to Catching and Cooking an Iguana

By Alex DeLuca
Feb 3, 2022

During the recent cold snap, Florida native Ryan Ausburn caught more than a dozen iguanas to cook up.
"Prelude to 2100" at Deering Estate Travels to a Future Ravaged by Climate Change

By Sofia Zuñiga
Feb 2, 2022

"Prelude to 2100" features performances, music, interactive art, and visual art by 30+ artists.
Calusa Residents Crash Bacardi Sailing Party

By Joshua Ceballos
Jan 31, 2022

Residents wanted to address their complaints to the man they say is threatening their neighborhood.
Marine Biologist: Turn Old Ruins Into "Mangrove Maze Visible From Space"

By Joshua Ceballos
Jan 21, 2022

Nearly 100 years after the failed Isola di Lolando project, Colin Foord proposes a radical solution.

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