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...
Scientist talks Florida Bay and the Everglades
Keys History & Discovery Center will present “Florida Bay & the Everglades: An Ecological Update,” a live virtual lecture on Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 6 to 7...
Clinical trials for COVID-19 treatments launch at Miami Cancer Institute
Promising treatments coming from initial emergency and experimental COVID-19 therapies have developed into clinical trials that are launching this month at Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist...
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...
LOWER KEYS CORAL RESTORATION PROJECT AWARDED $5 MILLION GRANT
A $5 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and NOAA will kickstart massive reef restoration efforts at Eastern Dry Rocks, a reef off...
30 is the new 20: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary turns 30
“Bodies in the sand, tropical drink melting in your hand,
We’ll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band,
Down in Kokomo.”
Released in...
BOY SCOUT TROOP 912 PICKS UP WHERE SCOUT WHO DIED LEFT OFF, WORKS TO...
In late March, at the start of quarantine, Pascal Weisberger began visiting Harry Harris park with his father, Ariel Poholek, with a pandemic-inspired idea for his science...
CHECKING IN ON ‘CHOMPER,’ THE TURTLE WITH A TUMOR BIGGER THAN A BASKETBALL
The Keys Weekly Newspaper reached out to Bette Zirkelbach at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon to check in on “Chomper.” The loggerhead sea turtle was rescued off...
