Florida And Climate Change

According to a new study and hundreds of videos shot mostly in waters near Palm Beach County, manta rays can act as a mobile home, providing food, shelter, even honeymoon suites for fish in sometimes inhospitable waters.

Climate change has pushed some native Florida species north. While the reptiles prefer South Florida’s climate, they have been spotted around the bay area.

Students face increased mental health risk while dealing with the challenges of a hurricane.

Sarasota has the money to improve coastal flooding protection. However, the funding comes with questions about what improvements can be made and will they solve the problem as sea levels rise.

Scientists warn that a proposed expansion of Port Everglades could cause unprecedented damage to corals in the U.S., including some of the only remaining endangered staghorn corals that survived a record-breaking heat wave.

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.

For snook, the old rules no longer apply. The tropical gamefish are forming a genetically distinct stronghold on the Nature Coast. As their historical range shifts northward, anglers are adapting, too.

Known for their elusive nature and mythic proportions, tarpon never fail to entice anglers looking for a challenge. They're now considered vulnerable.

You may know sargassum as the stinky algae that periodically washes ashore, but it’s been an important breeding habitat for many marine species in the Atlantic.

While the industry has been drilling in ultra-deepwater for years, 20K allows access to wells previously deemed too risky. They say the fallout of another large-scale spill could be catastrophic for the environment and coastal economies.

In her talk, Pastor Neddy Astudillo used examples from Florida to describe how environmental racism, human rights and democracy are connected.

The beloved sea cows still face many threats, but deaths this year were not as high as in 2021 and 2022, when conservation groups say a record die-off claimed 20 percent of the population.