Amy Green
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The manatees’ plight is straining the aquariums and zoos that have joined in the effort to rehabilitate those rescued. Many of the manatees have gone to SeaWorld in Orlando.
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is extending most of the provisions of an executive order that conservationists say favors development over gopher tortoises.
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Here’s a pop quiz: what is Florida’s official state bird?
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Florida wildlife authorities say the number of manatee deaths in the state has nudged higher with recent cold weather.
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A measure aimed at improving tenant safety after a college student was slain in her Orlando apartment is advancing in the Legislature.
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Finally, a small number of manatees in the Indian River Lagoon are eating the lettuce.
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A record die-off of manatees in Florida has prompted an unprecedented effort to provide supplement food for the starving animals. But the manatees aren’t eating the food. Some 1,100 manatees
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A record die-off of manatees this year in Florida waters has surpassed a grim milestone.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing listing the alligator snapping turtle as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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Wildlife authorities are bracing for more manatee deaths this winter, after a record 974 perished this year in Florida waters.
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Disney World is celebrating its 50-year anniversary beginning this month. There’s no doubt the so-called Happiest Place on Earth has changed the landscape of central Florida. WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green talked with Audubon Florida's Charles Lee about the theme park's environmental legacy, beginning with the Disney Wilderness Preserve.
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During 2021 an unprecedented 937 manatees have died in Florida, more than double the five-year annual average only nine months into the year. The staggering loss represents 10% of the animal’s population in the state, estimated at 8,810.