Endangered Species

The Center for Biological Diversity says logging, urbanization and suppression of natural fire cycles have "destroyed and degraded the habitat" the species depends on.

So far in 2025, 477 manatees have died in Florida: more than in either 2024 or 2023, according to state data.

The request to intervene said the groups have long sought to protect right whales from being struck by vessels and pointed to years of clashes with the federal government about the issue.

The Rice's whale is considered the most endangered whale in the world, with around 50 estimated to exist in the Gulf.

Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass losses left the sea cows starving.

A pair of environmental groups concerned about 11 Florida species have sued the Trump administration

Protections on ship speeds in the Gulf were removed by the Trump administration in areas where the endangered Rice's whale is known to breed.

Eight green sea turtles stunned by the cold during a rare snowfall in North Florida have been released after being treated at Loggerhead Marinelife Center.

Four conservation groups are fighting to keep the Florida scrub jay on a federal list of threatened species. They filed to intervene in a lawsuit that could have repercussions nationwide.

"Waves of green sea turtles" were being rescued after experiencing symptoms similar to frostbite from last week's winter storm.

U.S. officials decided to extend protections to monarch butterflies after warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate change.

The Florida grasshopper sparrow was near extinction only a few years ago. The recent release of the 1,000th captive-raised sparrow into the wild has rekindled optimism.