Florida Environment

It's one thing to talk about the degradation of our natural environment. It's another to see how it has progressed over time. We take a trip to the Chassahowitzka River to look at how photographs have been a witness to change over several decades.

City residents can get their own new tree for $100 through the Neighborhood Canopy Program, open through Aug. 17.

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the state for the second time over the immigration detention center in the Everglades.

According to the company, residential customers will receive about $33 off per 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) used.

Temperatures across the greater Tampa Bay region are on the rise and expected to stay that way into the rainy season.

Friends of the Everglades described the law as a "death knell for smart growth in Florida," and warned "it will effectively end citizen challenges to comprehensive plan amendments."

The University of Florida team said the four species to watch out for next are alewife, zebra mussels, crab-eating macaques and red shrimp crayfish.

Author and photographer Kirsten Hines takes readers on a visual and narrative journey into the ecology of Florida’s animals in her latest book.

Participants will share stories on issues such as environmental justice and human rights, connections between environmental impacts and public health, and energy burdens.

Community representatives and climate activists from across the greater Tampa Bay region gathered Friday in support of equitable clean energy use.

Environmentalists argue the move would reduce protections for wetlands.

Kayaks make up 90% of vessel traffic throughout Weeki Wachee, and 80% of visitors surveyed said that they dock their kayaks on either side of the 7.5 mile corridor.