Everglades National Park

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans passed four COVID-related bills. What will these laws mean for you? Plus, airlines are preparing for one of the busiest holiday seasons ever. A local artist brings a giant lit-up Florida Panther to Miami. And, jai-alai is now a dying relic.

A Texas company’s plans to drill for oil in the Everglades may have a tougher time winning approval, now that an administration that’s skeptical of fossil fuels has taken over in Washington. Burnett Oil Co. has proposed drilling at two sites in Big Cypress National Preserve, important Florida panther habitat that sprawls across both sides of Alligator Alley.

Opponents of a 13-mile highway extension across Everglades wetlands say Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Cabinet violated the law when they tossed a judge’s order blocking the road and set a dangerous precedent statewide.

The tiny Cape Sable seaside sparrow, a bird perilously perched on the edge of extinction, is getting closer to vanishing. Helicopter surveys this year over grassy prairies where the bird lives in Everglades National Park detected the lowest number in five years.

The governor is touting the monoclonal antibody treatment but is it safe and is it effective? Boca Raton recently enacted the strictest building inspection code in the state. Plus, a battle over the Everglades between sugar companies and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

He was visiting to highlight the Everglades project but also to announce the appointment of his newest Chief Science Officer, Mark Rains, the director of the University of South Florida’s School of Geosciences.

A Miami-Dade man who fired dozens of rounds from his assault rifle at Everglades National Park rangers and police officers during a standoff Sunday faces attempted murder and other federal gun charges, authorities said Tuesday.

We head into the Everglades with the Sundial Book Club's February 2021 title.

Local water managers and planners say the 70-year-old system needs to undergo a $6 million study to look at fixes to address sea rise.

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More than five dozen conservation groups, meeting virtually this week, want the new administration to increase spending to $2.9 billion over the next four years to keep work on track.

Shannon Estenoz will become the deputy assistant secretary overseeing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service.