In Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne, the efforts of Michelle Davis, the scientist who founded the bird banding station in Cape Florida in 2002, have resulted in over 40,000 migratory birds being banded and traced over two decades. …
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Higher than normal bacteria levels have been plaguing Florida waters with increasing frequency in recent years. In 2020, a study performed by Environment Florida Research and Policy Center (EFRPC) found that 185 beaches were deemed unsafe for swimming and…
Experts have been discussing the possibility that the collapse of the Champlain Tower South might have been caused by sea level rise, which may have caused corrosion within the structure. This, combined with supercharged by oceanic currents from climate change…
Florida’s wildlife, especially its star player, the Florida Panther, within the Everglades are making a comeback and here’s why. The Florida Wildlife Corridor Commission, a conservation non-profit, has been engaged for many years in developing the idea of the Corridor,…
On Tuesday, June 22nd, two brown pelicans that had been previously brought into the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station were finally released on Miami Beach, after months of rehabilitation. They were found to be suffering from severe health issues: both had…
According to a recent baseline census of sharks in Florida, the most common shark in Floridian waters is the nurse shark. The census included catching, tagging, and releasing 3,398 different sharks from the area and identified 15 different species. Other…
The Everglades received record breaking flooding in late 2020, which caused the popular Shark Valley entrance to the National Park to remain closed for two months longer than expected. This 15-mile loop trail with an observation tower is familiar to…
By Nathan Moyer | Founder of Free Plastic, Inc. What are Plastics? Plastics are all around us, and we use plastics constantly throughout the day. Plastics make up our refrigerators and freezers, they form the dashboards and doors of our…