The plan was part of an executive order issued in 2023 that set an ambitious timeline to build a coral pipeline to restore the ailing reef. Now labs are scrambling to shuffle funding or risk losing staff.

The children of a respected Guatemalan community leader in Lake Worth Beach are missing school and work as court delays keep their undocumented mother detained for months. It’s a look at the toll the immigration system takes on families fighting to stay together.

The pair of burrowing owls stowed away on a cruise ship at PortMiami last year and sailed to Spain. Planning their return took coordinating a dizzying list of international trade authorities, wildlife permitting and quarantine rules.