Cedar Key's hotels, shops and restaurants continue working toward a full recovery following the devastation from Hurricane Helene last year.

Ancient cypress trees in Seminole’s Spring Hammock Preserve caught the attention of the national Old-Growth Forest Network.

The federal government moved to end its lease for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Jacksonville, headquarters of the Jacksonville district and home to about 800 of the nearly 1,100 Florida-based employees.

They spoke in favor of park and residential utility protections, along with changes to the state's citizens' initiative process.

Work should soon get started on at least one project to renourish part of Pinellas County's, beaches, which were flattened by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District is responsible for Everglades restoration and hurricane response, among other duties. Some say the move is “shocking.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis said the plan, which took more than a decade to hammer out, failed to pave the way for artificial reefs in state waters and stripped Florida of managing its own wildlife.

This winter's deaths come nearly six months after a mysteriously ailment linked to toxic algae killed more than 50 endangered sawfish around the Florida Keys.

Fired researcher Andy Hazelton grew up in Plant City and Lakeland, and said working for NOAA had been a lifelong goal. While a new federal employee, he’d worked for NOAA for eight years.

In 2024, 36 panther deaths were recorded by state wildlife officials, the most since 2016. State statistics show the majority of those deaths resulted from collisions with vehicles including one that was struck by a train.

Testing shows wells in Whitted had enough PFAS to pose potential health risks. Funding is approved to get the area onto a public drinking water supply, but such change is usually slow in Black neighborhoods.

The project needs signatures from about 400 property owners in three communities by the end of the weekend to move forward with the project to replenish beaches.