Environment

A lawsuit could soon be filed to force federal environmental officials to reverse recent cuts in staffing at the largest manatee sanctuary in the world.

After losing nearly 600 employees to layoffs and retirements as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce, the National Weather Service is planning to hire additional staff members to “stabilize” the department, a spokesperson said.

A new report says that a record 38 million metric tons of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, with more expected this month. It’s the biggest amount of algae spotted in the region since scientists began studying the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt in 2011.

The three-day festival and art exhibit will will combine eco-bus tours, an artist talk, and an exhibition inspired by Cara Judea Alhadeff's new children’s book, Zazu Dreams: Between the Scarab and the Dung Beetle.

A group is pitching the notion that tripping on some magic mushrooms or other hallucinogens might inspire “consciousness shifts” in the populace to do better for the planet.

Call them the Everglades influencers. They're the ones who wade deep into pristine sloughs and isolated cypress stands and come face-to-face with all sorts of amazing wildlife, all while boasting a major following that runs into the millions.

Researchers found that modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely have come about as result from ancient hybridization.

The Bahamas says it will refinance $300 million of its external debt to free up more than $120 million for marine conservation projects and climate change mitigation.

Laborers have suffered in extreme heat triggered by climate change. Deaths aren’t inevitable, and employers can save lives by providing ample water and breaks, researchers say.

The clips are from previous storms in different states and different years, contained artificial intelligence-altered clips and were shared online before Hurricane Helene.

The initiative to build golf courses, pickleball courts, disc golf courses, hotels and more in nine Florida’s state parks was not an undeveloped idea. There were publicly shared plans, documents and scheduled public meetings across the state.

A severe heat wave killed many coral species last summer in the Florida Keys. Now, researchers are freezing the larvae of corals in hopes of preventing their extinction.