A marine heat wave is threatening Florida’s coral reefs. “We’ve never seen anything like this. Some are not even bleaching, they are going straight to dead,” said Scott Atwell, the communications and ...

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NAPLES, Fla. – The poachers weren’t intimidated by heat, lightning, mosquitos, venomous snakes, alligators or losing their way in the south Florida swamps. They were there to steal the ghost orchid, a ...

Florida’s inexplicable “ghost lights” phenomenon has haunted drivers for six decades and counting — still with no explanation for its cause as motorists prepare for its potential reappearance in the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the ghost orchid, considered to be Florida’s most famous flower, under the Endangered Species Act. The announcement came on Wednesday, more than ...

Ghost orchid in Big Cypress, Florida, courtesy Tony Pernas. Only about 1500 ghost orchids remain in the world, but fewer than 1000 are in Florida. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now moving to ...

In the early 1970s, many biologists feared they were chasing nothing more than a “walking ghost.” The Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi), which once roamed across the entire Southeastern United ...