Environment

Photographer Carlton Ward Jr., who has spent years trying to protect and preserve the Florida Wildlife Corridor, is now turning his conservation efforts on the Gulf of Mexico. Ward, whose images of Florida panthers and...

©2024 The News Service of Florida After seeing a surge of deaths in 2021 and 2022, the number of manatees that died in Florida last year dropped to 556, according to preliminary information posted on...

Participants are encouraged to drop off their beads at the Florida Aquarium for recycling, there is a promotion from 1/20 through 2/11.

Gambling money could help pay for further expansion of the Florida Wildlife Corridor and other environmental projects.

 If you’re looking to get rid of your live Christmas tree, here is how you can determined by the county that you live in.

Florida’s 2024 legislative session opens on Jan. 9, with big topics (free speech, the budget, insurance, healthcare and others) and has to tackle them, and more, before session is scheduled to wrap on March 8....

Listen: After over a million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico in November, one environmental advocate is raising concern for one of the most endangered whales in the world. In 2021, scientists...

Rent caps and grants State lawmakers will discuss bills related to housing in Florida in the upcoming legislative session. Two bills could help Florida renters and homeowners amid record-high housing costs.   Homes for the...

Inmate numbers climb in Florida The number inmates in Florida is expected to increase in the coming years. The prison population plummetted early in the COVID-19 pandemic.   Bill would discourage environmental challenges A bill...

Listen: A bill, filed in both the state senate and house in early December, would force environmental groups to pay up to $50,000 in legal fees if they lose their challenges to state environmental permits....

Bridget Ziegler won’t resign Last night, all members of the Sarasota County School Board voted to ask fellow Board member Bridget Ziegler to resign, except for Ziegler herself. Ziegler’s husband is accused of rape and...

Today is Human Rights Day. A brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. A Brownfield...