Everglades National Park

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.

Florida’s Black Caucus has some ideas for police reform. Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum's story, and how bisexuality is seen in politics. And we talk with Sundial Book Club author Karen Russell about the February title "Swamplandia!"

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.

For decades, the Las Palmas neighborhood on the eastern edge of Everglades National Park has confounded water managers trying to restore the River of Grass, and stood as a warning to compromising on restoration work.

WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green takes a deep dive into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, asking how successful it's been after two decades and billions of dollars.

University of Florida scientists looked at more than 20 years of data and found nesting among egrets dropped in dry years when mercury was high. When they looked closer, they found mercury was hampering breeding .

On Oct. 6, Miami-Dade commissioners are scheduled to vote on a resolution calling for a conclusion to negotiations that started in 2014.

Wading bird nesting, a measure of Everglades health, was down last year after heavy rain at the start of the dry season. But for the first time since 1986, nearly half the nesting occurred on historic nesting grounds.