Environment

A brief contends the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission — not the Department of Environmental Protection — is constitutionally responsible for wildlife-related issues.

Pennywise, weighing 302 pounds, was deemed healthy and strong enough to return to the wild Wednesday after being treated by Loggerhead Marinelife Center's veterinary team over the past few months.

Elkhorn coral babies, affectionately called "Flonduran" corals by researchers at the Rosenstiel School at the University of Miami, were planted in Biscayne Bay on July 1. This is the first time internationally crossbred corals have ever been planted in wild reefs.

Escambia County records first sea turtle hatching of the season on Perdido Key, with 106 loggerhead hatchlings successfully making their way to the gulf.

To find the true culprit, Tomasko's team is deploying DNA-based tracking methods across four locations five times this summer — including areas of Palma Sola Bay where horseback riding and swimming regularly occur.

The proposal has received heavy pushback from lawmakers, environmentalists and seafood workers

A new state law aims to help developers fill environmental requirements faster, something critics say could throw the landscape out of balance.

An all-terrain wheelchair can be the difference between someone actually having access to nature and only dreaming of it.

The Department of Government Efficiency earlier this year said it was terminating the Key Largo office for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization convened last Friday in Paris and decided to keep the designation.