Take a look back at the fearless voice for the Everglades and fierce champion for conservation.

A state representative from the Florida Keys has filed a bill to make the American flamingo Florida's official state bird.

For centuries, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has called the Everglades home. But decades of engineering projects have devastated their ancestral lands and an ecosystem that’s sustained them.

An investigation was underway on Saturday after at least 16 people were injured when two airboats collided Friday in the Everglades Naples–Marco Island area.

A cross-county issue involving a waste incinerator is heating up as one Miami-Dade city is fighting a recommendation that it be built and officials have tapped the Trump family for support.

Florida Department of Corrections officers recently asked Bureau of Fire, Arson & Explosives Investigations detectives to figure out how a 26-year-old prison inmate set his cell on fire.

The image of a fierce Florida panther is emblazoned on the uniforms of a sports team that’s capturing the attention of the world. But the real Florida panther is one of just two native cats in the entire state.

A 27-year-old man died when a Tesla crashed early Sunday morning in northern Weston, just south of the Everglades.

Fire rescue personnel helped an injured man after two airboats collided Sunday morning in southwestern Broward County’s Everglades area.

A former pro boxer got into one of the most memorable fights of his life, but he wasn't in the ring.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in West Palm Beach on Monday where he discussed the upgrades for the state’s natural and environmental resources.

Multiple people were rescued from the waters of the Everglades in far western Miami-Dade County Friday afternoon after an airboat flipped over.

Communities on both Florida coasts are bracing for impact as they monitor the billions of gallons of water being discharged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from Lake Okeechobee since mid-February.

Authorities responded to reports of a boat crash in the Everglades Wednesday evening.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told Local 10 News Thursday that they have opened two flood gates due to excessive rain and flooding in the Everglades.

Guests will now be able to stay at the new hotel at Everglades National Park and dine at its revamped restaurant, all with views of the Florida Bay.

Everglades National Park will celebrate the grand opening of its hotel and new restaurant, all with views of the Florida Bay.

Wildlife in Florida’s Everglades are running out of dry ground thanks to high water levels, according to experts.

A hearing was held Friday in Broward County for rapper YNW Melly, at which time Broward Circuit Judge John Murphy III set a date for the rapper to be retried in a double murder case after a deadlocked jury prompted a mistrial last month.

Deliberations are underway Friday in the double murder trial of Florida rapper YNW Melly.

Unwanted guests are slithering all over the Everglades and training to remove them in anticipation of the 2023 Florida Python Challenge begins on Thursday.

The Everglades ecosystem issue of being choked out by pythons has been going on so long that it is now a part of our existing environment.

Detectives were dealing with an unsolved mystery on Tuesday in southwestern Miami-Dade County, near the urban boundary with the Florida Everglades.

Stretching from the Everglades to the Panhandle is land called the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and it's made up of national parks, state forests, waterways and ranches.

Miami-Dade firefighters released new video of a risky rescue out of the Everglades, when a small plane had to make an emergency landing and flipped over in the swamp.

Slogging through the slough on what was a very chilly Saturday morning, Luca Martinez is in his element.

Everglades National Park is looking for volunteers to help conduct a wilderness survey.

A rescue is underway after two people were involved in an airboat incident in the Everglades near west Broward County on Wednesday afternoon.

A python's last big meal in the Florida Everglades turned out to be quite the feast.

A South Florida teenager is now a champion python hunter.

In the darkness and despair wrought by Hurricane Ian, there were flickers of light and hope.

A small plane made an emergency landing on the Tamiami Trail in the Everglades Wednesday afternoon, Miccosukee tribal police said.

The 2022 Florida Python Challenge is on the horizon and registration is now open.

As Marjorie Stoneman Douglas once famously wrote, "There is only one Everglades."

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed work on a $339 million Everglades restoration project aimed at cleansing water runoff before it flows into a troubled Florida river.

A long-awaited project in the Everglades is underway after the Friday groundbreaking for a massive underground wall in southwest Miami-Dade County west of Las Palmas. It’s intended to mitigate flooding and allow more water to stay in the Everglades.

An all-female team is showing of a massive 16-foot, 91-pound python that they captured in the Everglades this week.

The 2021 Python Challenge kicks off Friday, and is part of an effort to remove invasive Burmese pythons from Florida’s ecosystem.

Five people were rescued Sunday afternoon from two airboats that had broken down, leaving them stranded 10 miles north of Old Tamiami Trail, authorities confirmed.

Hunter walks the Everglades edge. What a $200,000 bed looks like. What a touchless spa feels like.

A series of fires in Everglades National Park seem to have been intentionally lit by an arsonist, or multiple arsonists, over the past two months — and officials are looking to put an end to it once and for all.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Fire crews with the National Park Service have been igniting controlled fires in the Florida Everglades to control an invasive vine that’s been wreaking havoc on the native ecosystem. The plant, called Lygodium Microphyllum - and also known as Old World Climbing Fern - is a stealthy and invasive plant that was likely introduced as decorative vegetation that made its way into the Everglades in 1999. While many may think of the invasive Burmese python as a great threat to wildlife, scientists like Dr. Ellen Lake with the USDA Invasive Plant Research Lab in Davie say Lygodium could be more dangerous. (WPLG)Michael Gue, prescribed fire specialist with the National Park Service, said the vine can be easily spotted from a helicopter. “We’ve seen in Florida, in general, an increase in Lygodium so of course the Park Service is concerned,” said National Park Service botanist Hillary Cooley.

DANIA BEACH, Fla. – Authorities say a 10-foot Burmese python was removed from under the hood of a car in Dania Beach. “Our officers responded and safely captured and removed the approximately 10-foot invasive snake,” the tweet said. The FWC asks the public to report sightings of Burmese pythons or other invasive species by calling their hotline at 888-Ive-Got1. In an effort to rid the Sunshine State of the invasive species, the agency has several programs that allow public participation in Burmese python removal and management efforts. Click here to learn more about pythons, removal efforts and how they are affecting Florida.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Two Burmese python hunters from Fort Lauderdale broke a Florida record with an 18.9-foot female phyton. “Every single python that we take out is one less consuming our native wildlife, and that is what’s it’s all about," Pavlidis said. “The second I turned, my heart dropped out of my chest.”The python was in the water. Officials with the FWC and SFWMD said the python was the largest hunters had ever caught and removed from the Everglades. The FWC and SFWMD reported hunters with the elimination program have removed more than 5,000 pythons from the Everglades ecosystem.

WEST BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. A single-engine Cessna 172 made an emergency landing early Thursday afternoon in the Everglades, authorities confirmed. A student and instructor from Wayman Aviation out of North Perry Airport were in the plane that was in the midst of a training flight. A Cessna 172 took off from North Perry Airport around 10:30 this morning. Its final stop was a little less than 10 miles southeast of Mile Marker 35 on Alligator Alley in West Broward. The plane remains in the Everglades as the FAA investigates the incident and the National Transportation Safety Board has also been notified.

Confronting the likelihood of more distance learning, families across the country are turning to private tutors and "learning pods" to ensure their children receive some in-person instruction. The race to set up learning pods threatens to vastly deepen inequities in access to education. In some cases, parents are paying thousands of dollars each to include their children in pods, promising teachers $40 to $100 an hour or more. A Facebook group on learning pods attracted more than 30,000 members within three weeks of being formed and launched numerous offshoots in states and cities. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has called learning pods luxuries that are not an option for low-income parents.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A suspected accomplice to a man accused of abusing the corpse of a missing person faced a Broward judge over video conference Thursday morning. Detectives say Sullivan was keeping Babbits body in a deep freezer in the Oakland Park storage unit. A year after the incident, Gregg faces charges of abuse of a dead body and tampering with evidence. The judge doubled the standard bond on Greggs charges of abusing corpse and evidence tampering. She also faced $1,000 bond of possession of methamphetamine, raising her bond to $41,000 in total.

WESTON, Fla. – A canal and firefighters stood between the raging flames of a small brush fire and homes in Weston on Thursday. A brush fire was moving east on Thursday afternoon near Weston. Firefighters are battling a brush fire that is moving close to homes in Weston. (SKY 10)The Florida Forest Service responded to the area near U.S. Highway 27 and mile marker 30. A brush fire moved east toward Weston on Thursday afternoon.

WEST BROWARD, Fla. – A brush fire burning by Alligator Alley about two miles west of the Miami-Dade and Broward counties line is not an accidental fire, according to the Florida Forest Service, but a prescribed and controlled burn. The Forest Service was burning underbrush Thursday afternoon in the Everglades, taking advantage of cooler temperatures as a way to clear out materials that could prove to be fire hazards in the future. Sky 10 was over the long line of flames, about 3,000 acres, west of US 27 at the County Line and South of Interstate 75. The burn was generating large amounts of smoke. The Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department tweeted that anyone with respiratory issues is encouraged to stay indoors.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Forget the Super Bowl, a different kind of slithering competition is set to bring big prizes to the Sunshine State with the Florida Python Challenge. The contest, which is open to hunters of all skill levels, is a partnership between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee and a number of public and private agencies. The Florida 2020 Python Bowl kicks off Friday, Jan. 10, with competitors being tasked to remove Burmese pythons from specific areas of the Everglades. For those who still don’t understand what’s so dangerous about the Everglades python invasion, Bergeron puts it simply. “In Florida, especially South Florida, the Everglades is our drinking water.”Entry rules and hunting tools for the Florida Python Challenge can be FOUND HERE.

Florida 2020 Python Bowl to offer prizes for eradicating invasive snakesPublished: January 3, 2020, 6:02 pmForget the Super Bowl, a different kind of slithering competition is set to bring big prizes to the Sunshine State with the Florida Python Challenge.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – For a small fee and a 30-minute quiz, South Floridians can actively participate in a “bowl” game that kicks off just before the Super Bowl heads to Miami. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission hosted media Thursday for a pre-game scrimmage for the Florida Python Challenge 2020 “Python Bowl,” which will give professional and rookie snake catchers the chance to compete to see who can catch the most and biggest snakes starting Jan. 10. Also joining DeSantis and FWC officials were members from the South Florida Water Management District and the Frost Museum of Science. Additionally, Miami Super Bowl LIV Host Committee members were on hand as this year’s challenge ties into Super Bowl LIV and the committee’s Oceans to Everglades initiative. Snake catchers are competing for prizes across several categories and there is a special class dedicated to members who served in the armed forces.

A small plane with two people on board crashed down in the Everglades. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

A Burmese python recently captured in the Big Cypress National Preserve by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission is the second largest snake ever removed by the agency. The state wildlife agency tweeted images showing Python Action Team Member Kevin Reich posing with the massive python, which measures a staggering 17 feet and 9 inches long. Thanks to leadership from @GovRonDeSantis, our #Python Action Team is on a roll! This is the second largest #snake they have caught! Full story: https://t.co/xK721HvD8Z pic.twitter.com/Y9yEAzBIet MyFWC (@MyFWC) August 26, 2019Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

The Brazilian peppertree is a non-native plant now found in Florida that's already invaded some 75,000 acres of land across the Everglades. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

DAVIE, Fla. - The Brazilian peppertree is a non-native plant now found in Florida that's already invaded some 75,000 acres of land across the Everglades. It's a small but powerful solution to a problem that has been plaguing South Florida for decades. Scientists from across the state gathered Tuesday at Tree Tops Park in Davie to release nearly 1,000 South American insects, known as thrips, into the wild. Their goal is to eliminate the invasive Brazilian peppertree plant that is threatening South Florida's native ecosystem. "The insects are very safe to release into the environment because they will only eat the Brazilian peppertree.

Host, Hunter, takes us to the Everglades for a Miccosukee airboat ride, Morgan reviews some protein bars, plus another installment of Fit After 50.

Host, Hunter, takes us to the Everglades for a Miccosukee airboat ride, Morgan reviews some protein bars, plus another installment of "Fit After 50." Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.