Florida voters will decide next year whether to establish a state constitutional right to hunt and fish.
Political science
Oct 12, 2023
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A flock of swans that grew from a gift nearly 70 years ago from Queen Elizabeth II has been rounded up in Florida to ensure they are all healthy.
Ecology
Oct 11, 2023
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The "Margaritaville" in Jimmy Buffett's famous song isn't a real place, but it's long been associated with the Florida Keys. This string of tropical islands is home to the only living coral barrier reef in the continental ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 9, 2023
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Amphibians are in trouble and in desperate need of conservation action, according to a new global assessment of the world's amphibian population.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2023
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Scientists from Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, a leader in conservation research, returned from a multi-institutional research expedition to survey coral bleaching impacts from Miami and the Florida Keys to the Dry Tortugas, following ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2023
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Monsters slither throughout the crooked mangroves and serrated sawgrass of Florida's Everglades, 20 feet long and up to 200 pounds of sinewy muscle built by devouring everything in their path.
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2023
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The goliath grouper, a colossus of a fish that can weigh up to 360 kilograms (nearly 800 pounds), is the delight of divers in Florida, though scientists warn their numbers are down since the US state allowed fishing of the ...
Ecology
Sep 17, 2023
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University of Central Florida researchers have found that an understudied, deadly disease of frogs is more widespread in Central Florida than previously thought and may become more of a problem in other parts of the U.S. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2023
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A University of South Florida expert on erosion and coastal resiliency is working with Pinellas County to help identify beaches in need of nourishment following Hurricane Idalia, which washed away parts of the coast as it ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2023
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Scientists call long-spined sea urchins "the lawn mowers of the reefs" because they eat algae that could otherwise smother reef ecosystems and kill corals.
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2023
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