KEY WEST TEACHER KATRINA MADOK RECEIVES HIGHEST U.S. AWARD FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS
A Key West science teacher has received President Joe Biden’s highest national honor for science and math teachers. It comes with a $10,000 award and a free...
Keys students earn awards at state science competition
Five entries by Keys students earned state recognition in the virtual State Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF).
Sebastian McCoy, from Key Largo School, placed third in the junior...
OXITEC TO BEGIN FLORIDA KEYS MOSQUITO EXPERIMENT THIS WEEK
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District and Oxitec Ltd. on April 23 released an advisory outlining some of the plans for its Florida Keys pilot project:
Project managers...
NO GMO RELEASES — YET. TRIAL WILL START IN SIX LOCATIONS.
The Keys Weekly Newspapers checked in with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) to ask for an update on the Oxitec mosquito trial set to begin...
PASCAL’S STEM FAIR PROJECT COMPLETED BY FRIEND, WINNING FIRST
How do you honor a fallen friend?
For Aidan Austin, 15, an Upper Keys student and scout, the answer was to take over his friend Pascal Weisberger’s STEM...
A dead whale washed up in the Everglades. Turns out, it’s a new species...
In January 2019, a 38-foot, 30-ton whale washed up on Sandy Key in the Everglades. I happened to be camping at Flamingo, by chance, and ran over...
‘Unlikely Bedfellows’ — The NFL’S groundbreaking coral collaboration for Super Bowl LV
“Unlikely bedfellows.”
That’s how Jim Ritterhoff, executive director of Force Blue, described the coming together of military veterans, the National Football League (NFL), coral scientists, government and...
MORE VACCINES ROLL INTO KEYS
COVID-19 vaccines are trickling into Monroe County, as Publix pharmacies in Islamorada and Key West prepare to administer another round to residents this week.
A total of 600...
SATURN AND JUPITER WILL ALIGN INTO THE “STAR OF BETHLEHEM” ON DEC. 21 AND...
On Monday, Dec. 21, just after sunset, Jupiter and Saturn will align and appear as one bright, beautiful star that could, depending on whether you believe or...
I.CARE: Islamorada coral restoration partnerships brings science and citizens together to save the reef
On Monday, World Oceans Day, coral restoration took center stage in Islamorada. With the announcement of two innovative partnerships, the Upper Keys village is poised to become...
