By Jake Johnson Environmentalists and Florida residents voiced concern and outrage Monday as state government officials and the biotechnology giant Oxitec announced plans to move ahead this week with a pilot project that involves releasing up to a billion genetically engineered mosquitoes in Monroe County over a two-year period. Presented by local authorities as an […]
The first few months of 2021 have been extremely deadly for manatees as food sources in Florida have become increasingly limited, scientists say. In the first six weeks of the new year, 317 manatee deaths were reported across Florida, CBSMiami reported. Since then, that number has risen to at least 432 deaths — about three […]
When we think of the Super Bowl — America’s most popular sporting event, according to Arcadia Publishing — ocean conservation and military veterans usually aren’t top of mind. But, for the last two years, a unique collaboration ahead of the annual game has placed coral restoration at the forefront of the world’s attention. For almost […]
Rebekah Jones, the Florida data scientist who said she was fired in May after refusing to manipulate data on a widely praised coronavirus dashboard that she designed, had an even more dramatic encounter with the state government Monday when the police raided her Tallahassee home. Jones said in a Twitter thread that police entered her […]
Hundreds of endangered sea turtles were stranded on beaches after suffering “cold stunning” in the waters off Cape Cod, Mass. Local rescuers and wildlife rehabilitators stabilized the turtles at the New England Aquarium (NEAQ) and National Marine Life Center and began treatment. Many of the sea turtles were transported by land or air to partner […]
From broken buildings to uprooted trees, extreme weather can leave behind a lot of visible damage. But there is invisible damage, too. Many survivors face mental health struggles after a storm. “They’ve experienced traumatic loss, fear, displacement. It’s very traumatizing, and that’s an abnormal feeling,” says social worker Darcy Abbott. “And people need reassurance that […]
A restrengthening Tropical Storm Eta hit the Florida Keys Sunday night. Officials warn it could strengthen into a hurricane and dump six to 12 inches of rain across an already saturated South Florida as it meanders around the southeastern Gulf of Mexico for days. Eta’s Florida landfall comes as its human toll in Central America […]
In January of 2019, a concerned citizen in Marion County, Florida noticed something strange: Someone was trapping flying squirrels. The anonymous tipster notified the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), launching a 19-month investigation that uncovered an elaborate flying-squirrel trafficking operation in which up to 3,600 of the protected animals were captured and sold […]
By Lisa Newcomb Food safety and environmental groups Wednesday condemned a decision by officials in Florida to approve the release of 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes, a pilot project aimed at reducing the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. “With all the urgent crises facing our nation and the State of Florida—the Covid-19 pandemic, racial injustice, climate […]
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