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The Endangered Species Act has been the law of the land for more than 50 years and has long enjoyed bipartisan support. But now, key protections for some of America’s most vulnerable wildlife are being rolled back.
South Florida is in the grips of a growing solid waste crisis, with landfills quickly filling up and recycling falling way short.
As climate change continues to rewrite temperature records on land and in our oceans, coral scientists are taking action.
South Florida’s diverse marine life isn’t just an economic driver through tourism.
Miami-Dade County is getting real about addressing its massive solid waste crisis.
Ocean temperatures are climbing once again, and scientists fear Florida’s coral reefs could be headed for another devastating bleaching season.
South Florida corals are in crisis again.
They are a lightning rod across America: AI data centers, massive buildings filled with supercomputers used to power the artificial intelligence boom.
As plastic pollution continues to choke oceans and waterways, a global movement is challenging people to be part of the solution.
It’s being called the summer of sargassum.
South Florida, like much of the world, is grappling with a growing solid waste crisis.
A controversial piece of legislation moving through Congress could eliminate Florida’s commercial shark diving industry.
A dredging project near Port Everglades is drawing criticism from environmental groups and dive operators, who say it could threaten some of Florida’s last remaining endangered corals.
As South Florida braces for what experts predict could be another record-breaking hot summer, coral scientists are racing against time to protect one of the planet’s most fragile ecosystems.
As Miami-Dade County debates where to build a new waste-to-energy incinerator amid an escalating solid waste crisis, one South Florida startup is proving that at least one type of trash doesn’t have to end up in a landfill: glass.
A fight over tree protections is heating up in the city of Miami, with residents and activists clashing with city officials over what they say is a weakening of existing protections for mature trees.
Recent hurricanes, oil spills and overharvesting have devastated Florida’s Gulf oyster populations, cutting off a key supply for many South Florida businesses.
As Miami-Dade struggles to decide where to build a new waste-to-energy incinerator and Broward County works toward approving a new waste management master plan, the need to recycle correctly has never been more urgent.
Many kids spent their Saturday along the shoreline in Pompano Beach as part of a youth-focused beach cleanup event aimed at teaching environmental responsibility.
On Earth Day, scientists say the world’s coral reefs are under siege -- bleaching, breaking and dying at an alarming rate. In Florida alone, about 90% of coral cover has been lost over the past 40 years.
April is Earth Month, with Earth Day coming up next Wednesday. As an act of love for the planet and Biscayne Bay, thousands of volunteers turned out over the weekend to pick up trash littering Miami-Dade’s backyard during Baynanza.
Volunteers fanned out across Miami-Dade County on Saturday for the 44th annual Baynanza Biscayne Bay Cleanup Day, a countywide effort to remove trash from the bay and surrounding waterways.
Miami is known globally as a fabulous vacation destination, but it’s also making its mark at becoming one of the most sustainable cities in the world.
The 26th edition of the Ultra Music Festival just wrapped up over the weekend, drawing more than 150,000 partygoers -- and leaving behind less of an impact than ever before.
Planet Earth is in the grips of a growing environmental crisis -- but the choices people make every day can still help change its course.
A South Florida resident inspired a global movement to clean up plastic from the world’s beaches in 2021, but he wasn’t satisfied.
Algae blooms and fish kills aren’t just an environmental issue, they are also an economic one. It has costed Florida billions of dollars over the last few decades in clean up, lost tourism and health issues.
Broward County commissioners unanimously voted to reject a request from a landowner seeking to remove about three acres of mangroves in Dania Beach from the county’s environmentally sensitive lands map to make way for a 62,000-square-foot warehouse.
It’s being called a game changer for South Florida.
There are plenty of ways people from South Florida can help protect and conserve the oceans and marine life, but Florida International University is doing something next level.
A new innovation being tested at the South Dade Landfill could help Miami-Dade County reduce its growing waste stream as officials search for ways to extend the life of local landfills.
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has issued a last-minute veto blocking a county commission decision that would have allowed development on land outside the county’s Urban Development Boundary.
Just eight months after Ocean Rescue Alliance International deployed 50 artificial reef structures off the shores of Hollywood Beach, the underwater metropolis Guardians of the Reef, is full of life.
Many environmental groups are opposing the Trump administration’s plans for new oil drilling off the coasts of California, Alaska, and the eastern gulfs in Florida as it puts waters and wildlife at risk.
As a new legislative session begins in Tallahassee, a new bill in the state senate picks up support from both parties, aimed at tackling Florida’s growing marine debris crisis.
It may be the happiest time of the year, but environmental advocates say it is also the trashiest.
As Art Basel Miami Beach drew art lovers and enthusiasts from around the world, a South Florida project is using the global spotlight for strategic environmental engagement.
Now, more than ever, it’s so important that all of us not only recycle, but recycle correctly.
Florida is wrestling with two major pieces of legislation that could reshape how the state manages its shark populations, even as fishing captains and conservationists square off over what’s really happening in the water.
National Recycling Day was on Saturday, as the push to get people to recycle correctly grows urgently by the day. Recycling could be confusing, as many are doing it wrong, leading to high contamination rates and high costs for cities to absorb.
Saturday marks National Recycling Day, a reminder of the importance of cutting waste and recycling correctly — a message that hits especially close to home in South Florida, where cities and counties are struggling to manage a growing solid waste crisis.
For years, South Florida residents have battled an ongoing water problem — derelict boats, illegal sewage dumping, and worsening water quality from Miami Beach to Hollywood. Now, Fort Lauderdale is taking action.
Miami-Dade County produces more trash than nearly anywhere else in the nation. Each year, residents and businesses generate about 5 million tons of garbage — double the national average.
The first phase of what will be an underwater sculpture park took place, after 11 of 22 huge car sculptures were dropped into the ocean off the shores of South Beach.
Coral reefs around the world are facing widespread dieback.