Education Commissioner Henry Mack spent part of Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting trying to set the record straight on the department’s initiative to re-write science standards for public schools...

The most likely landfall intensity of Isaias has an unusually large range, from a strong tropical storm to a strong category 2 hurricane.

Columnist Pat Beall trains her pen on new Florida school science standards that put evolution and climate change in the back seat.

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A newly dated 272-foot rock carving in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was severely damaged by border contractors, exposing a growing threat to public lands, outdoor access, and sacred Indigeno...

Officials declared local emergencies and are spraying to control mosquito populations.

The Florida Department of Education held its first listening session at Armwood High School. Some teachers brought up their concerns about missing topics, such as evolution.

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The tiny ocean organism could cause massive fish kills. It last bloomed in Southwest Florida in 2023 but is rare here.

One of our country’s biggest conservation wins is under threat. For the last 25 years, the Roadless Rule has protected some of our wildest forests. But now the U.S. Forest Service wants to rescind the...

New guidelines say testing sperm for DNA damage could help explain recurrent pregnancy losses

“Party labels are less important when it comes to our homes and way of life.”

The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe. But experts say states aren’t equipped for the task. Earlier ...

More than a quarter of the money has been spent in support of Republican candidate for governor Byron Donalds, a new analysis by Seeking Rents shows.

A new project seeks to filter phosphorus that stokes blue-green algae blooms, but activists say it’s “a drop in the bucket.”

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been a huge fan of Bugs Bunny cartoons. I just love it when he does something outrageous and then turns to the camera and says, “Ain’t I a stinker?” It’s hilarious!...

The private sector, by contrast, is putting more money in renewables Read more at The Business Times.

The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in th...

Florida’s coral reef, which spans 350 miles and is the third-largest barrier reef system in the world, is dying. And Broward and Miami-Dade university researchers are working to fix it.

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Record-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change.

Record-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change.

Nazis march through DC, the power grid buckles under record heat, and Trump spends the country's biggest anniversary posting memes about Pee-wee Herman

Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.

Florida’s tax break, pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, has saved data centers millions of dollars that would have otherwise gone into state coffers.

The report does not say the vulnerabilities have led to votes flipping.