First local extinction in the US due to sea level rise
Researchers salvaged six ailing fragments of the Key Largo tree cactus for off-site cultivation to ensure their survival.
Researchers salvaged six ailing fragments of the Key Largo tree cactus for off-site cultivation to ensure their survival.
The Florida governor said the state has invested $114 million in coral reef restoration and coastal protection since 2019.
The area encompassing Biscayne Bay, the Florida Keys and Ten Thousand Islands was designated a Hope Spot by Mission Blue.
Pine rockland forests are like biological lifeboats carrying a precious crew of rare and endangered species into the future.
Last month, the world officially entered its fourth — and probably worst — mass coral bleaching event in history.
Bright Lit Place examines what happened to Florida’s promise to restore the Everglades with a massive plan approved in 2000.
The project will assess the feasibility of in-water harvesting of this floating brown seaweed, called sargassum.
To lose Miami’s pine rocklands would mean losing one of the most exceptional pieces of Florida’s natural heritage.
A community-based approach, combined with an ingenious device, brought back reefs traumatized by dynamite fishing.
Up to 80,000 Floridians whose second homes are covered by state-run Citizens Property Insurance could be affected.
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