Center For Biological Diversity

The endangered Florida prairie clover is one of eight rare plants added to the endangered species list several years ago. The clover had been a candidate for protection for more than 20 years. Conservationists now want the government to designate critical habitat to better protect it.

Environmentalists Heading To Court To Protect Disappearing Florida Plants

Jenny Staletovich

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice this week to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to designate critical habitat for the Everglades bully, Big Pine partridge pea and six other endangered plants.

Proposed Antibiotic Use Against Citrus Greening Raising Health Concern

Environmental groups are raising concern about a proposal to expand the use of antibiotics against a disease that has crippled Florida’s iconic citrus…

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Feds Say 5 South Florida Coral Species Are Threatened By Global Warming

Tim Padgett

Coral reefs have been under assault for decades from water pollution, coastal construction and overfishing. But coral today face a new and bigger danger –…