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I’m an evolutionary biologist and entomologist, serving as curator of entomology at the University of Colorado Boulder Museum of Natural History. In March 2026 I, along with my collaborators, Scott Wehrly and Jeff Slotten, published an article in ZooKeys describing this new moth from the Florida scrub.

Jude Odu, a health technology expert and former United Healthcare employee, discusses the dangers of outsourcing medical claims decisions to artificial intelligence.

Nine sloths remain in the care of the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens, after 13 recently arrived there in poor condition from a Sloth World warehouse.

The weather pattern changes in Florida as the rainy season starts. Rain is needed and welcomed.

A Minnesota county prosecutor has charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the state.

With major players like Palantir, Meta and Citadel shifting operations to Miami in recent years, it can seem like it’s the outsiders transforming South Florida into a tech hub that can compete with the likes of Silicon Valley, but this is a well-orchestrated outcome that’s been decades in the making.

Sham news sites are increasingly common in Florida and across the country, a dangerous development for American democracy

The system serves hundreds of thousands of students and costs billions. On "The Florida Roundup," Politico reporter Andrew Atterbury breaks down the legal challenge and why homeschooling is a major factor.

David Jolly and Jerry Demings are vying to become the first Democratic governor to lead Florida in nearly three decades. If elected, they’ll face an additional challenge — working with an opposition Republican Party that enjoys a supermajority in the Legislature.

The collapse of Spirit Airlines isn't the only curveball confronting people planning summer trips. Rising jet fuel costs tied to the Iran war have pushed up airfares and associated fees across the industry. Two of the remaining U.S. budget carriers just finalized a merger. The developments illustrate how difficult it's gotten for low-cost airlines to operate while squeezed by jet fuel prices, changing consumer preferences and competition.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to expand the armed “school guardian” program to Florida's colleges and universities.

The decision follows years of tax troubles in Spain for the Colombian superstar. Spanish tax authorities did not prove that the singer was a resident of Spain, the court said in its decision.