a person holding a large snake in their hand

PYTHON HUNTER PROTECTS NATIVE EVERGLADES WILDLIFE

Kym Clark did what any person would do when she saw an 18-foot python slithering across the road in Everglades National Park — she...
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AGENCIES TEAM UP FOR FLORIDA’S CORAL REEF

Response to the stony coral tissue loss disease in May 2023 led several coral reef and environmental stakeholders to merge their efforts. The Monroe County...
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YACHT PARTIALLY SINKS AND SPILLS DIESEL INTO A KEY LARGO CANAL

A yacht that began to take on water Tuesday evening in a Key Largo canal became partially submerged, leaking gallons of diesel into the...
two people in scrubs and gloves examine a turtle

COLD-STUNNED ENDANGERED KEMP’S RIDLEY TURTLES ARRIVE IN STYLE AT THE TURTLE HOSPITAL

More than two dozen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles arrived in the Keys on Dec. 9 to warm up and receive treatment after...
a man in a scuba suit is on a coral reef

GROUND-BREAKING HONDURAS/FLORIDA KEYS HYBRID ELKHORNS PLANTED IN WORLD-FIRST EXPERIMENT OFF KEY BISCAYNE

In July, scientists outplanted very special elkhorn corals (Acropora palmata) onto a reef in Biscayne Bay. They believe these cross-bred corals, created from a...
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KEYS RECYCLING: UNWRAPPING HOLIDAY WASTE

The holiday rush is here, and with it come mountains of shipping boxes, bubble wrap, shopping bags, food waste, single-use plastics and decorations.  As deliveries...
a group of people standing around a turtle

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE ‘MOLLY’ RETURNS TO THE SEA AFTER MASSIVE TUMOR REMOVAL

Onlookers gathered to celebrate a massive story of rescue and recovery as the Turtle Hospital released loggerhead turtle Molly from Higgs Beach on the...
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UNWRAPPING HOLIDAY WASTE: TIPS TO KEEPING THE FLORIDA KEYS GREEN

The holiday rush is here, and with it come mountains of shipping boxes, bubble wrap, shopping bags, food waste, single-use plastics and decorations.  As deliveries...
a close up of a dolphin in the water

MIAMI SEAQUARIUM CLOSURE SENDS RESCUED ANIMALS TO THE KEYS

The Florida Keys’ marine mammal population recently saw three new additions and could increase by 11 in the coming months, courtesy of the shuttered...

VOLUNTEERS & BIOLOGISTS DIVE IN TO RESTORE HOPE TO THE CORAL REEF

Volunteers and coral scientists from the Florida Aquarium and I.CARE (Islamorada Conservation and Restoration Education) came together in the Keys this past week for...