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Hurricane season month away; forecast modest
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (480+ words) Rough surf rolls toward Panama City Beach, Fla. , with high-rise condos along the shoreline under dark storm clouds, in 2021. Six to nine hurricanes have been forecast in the Atlantic Basin hurricane season from June 1 to Nov. 30 by the two leading…...
After the fire, life remains: Protected woodpeckers persevere in Goethe State Forest
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1081+ words) Florida Forest Service biologist Hailee Quintero uses a "peeper pole" to check red-cockaded woodpecker nesting cavities on Thursday, April 23, two days after the fire began. The smoke had barely settled when Florida Forest Service Biologist Hailee Quintero walked back into…...
Swimming Coyote Alcatraz
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (239+ words) chronicleonline. com FILE - Alcatraz Island is seen in San Francisco, Oct. 10, 2025. Male coyote swam 2 miles to Alcatraz Island, twice as far as biologists had expected A lone coyote stunned biologists and others by swimming to Alcatraz Island earlier this year....
Complaints stall Rainbow River clean up
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (446+ words) Art Jones has spearheaded the One Rake at a Time project on the Crystal and Homosassa rivers and now has taken on the Rainbow River in hopes improving the water quality of the spring-fed river in Marion County. A dispute…...
Photos show hippos introduced to Colombia by Pablo Escobar as the nation debates their fate
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (271+ words) Hippos wallow at a lagoon in the Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Friday, April 24, 2026. Carlos Diaz, a fisherman and tour guide, steers a tourist boat on a "hippo-watching" outing…...
AI is opening the door to a new era of animal innovation
1+ week, 2+ day ago (281+ words) Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how Americans work, learn and interact with one another. Less obvious, but no less consequential, is how the tool is redefining the relationship humans have with animals. Quicker and smarter computing is helping society limit…...
Hurricanes devastated Florida's East Coast " then seagrass made an unexpected comeback
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1076+ words) Florida's Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem in decline going back to 2011, when harmful algal blooms led to a severe decline in seagrass, the foundational component of shallow coastal ecosystems. Seagrass meadows stabilize sediments, improve water clarity and provide…...
Educating about nurdles and other pollutants for roads, waters
1+ week, 4+ day ago (887+ words) When Chuck Hutterli lived on the North Shore of Lake Superior, he helped clean up nurdles from the beach. Now, he has been instrumental in getting TOO FAR Water and Natural Resource Foundation to join the county's Adopt-a-Highway program. When…...
Florida must prepare for growing wildfires
1+ week, 4+ day ago (545+ words) When it comes to weather, Florida is really good at one thing: hurricanes. For decades, the state has built routines around hurricane season. Supplies are stocked. Homes are reinforced. Storm paths are tracked. It was my favorite part of science…...
'Responsible Disposal' response incredibly high
1+ week, 5+ day ago (325+ words) Steve Cushman, KWCB President, feeds a fluorescent tube bulb into the new bulb crusher that the county recently acquired. Ray Johnson is about to drop a bag of old prescription medications, part of what was surrendered at the responsible disposal…...