2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (248+ words) The death of a possible genius was reported this week. Ai, a chimpanzee who was born in West Africa and came to the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University in Japan when she was a year old, has died of…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago   (919+ words) At first, you could only find them in Miami.Now, they scamper across Pinellas County park roads, delighting " or sometimes spooking " tourists. They swim in retention ponds beside Palm Harbor hospice centers, hide in backyard brambles behind Seminole Heights homes…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (289+ words) Animal rights activists were outraged last summer when a video of a fishing boat off the Panhandle hauling aboard an exhausted manta ray went viral. The endangered species was then sent to a SeaWorld half a world away, in Abu…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (375+ words) "Florida Matters Live & Local" guest host Cathy Carter dives into topics that highlight the challenges and the creativity that define our state. From endangered animals and living legends of literature to monumental public art and feats of human resilience, there's…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (168+ words) Florida's state bird has been the northern mockingbird for nearly 100 years. "It's been three years I've been trying to change the state bird," said Republican Rep. Jim Mooney of Islamorada, the sponsor of a bill to change it. It's been…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (176+ words) The Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville has just published a draft of a book known as "The Butterflies of California." When the authors first started writing it in 1974, initial estimates were that it would take about five years....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (188+ words) A dozen of the iconic swans that live in the heart of downtown Orlando have died in recent days of an unknown cause, leading officials to suspect that bird flu is to blame. The deaths of the swans at Lake…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (508+ words) In ancient times, people thought moist-skinned salamanders could survive in fire. That's not true, of course, but some salamanders have a surprising ability to deal with another temperature extreme: freezing cold. In fact, blue-spotted salamanders can remain active even when…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (199+ words) A male bald eagle was recently admitted to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife wildlife hospital in Sanibel after being found downed in Cape Coral. One of CROW's volunteers responded to the alarm call and quickly transported the eagle…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (466+ words) A pair of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, a mom and her calf, were recently spotted just off the shores of Merritt Island. Fewer than 400 members of the species are left, according to Oceana, an international ocean conservation advocacy…...