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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Invasive Caribbean Termites or Snakehead "Frakenfish": Which is Grosser?

    It seems every week a new invasive species tearing through Florida makes the headlines. Maybe it's because we're home to some of the busiest ports in the world, maybe it's due to our ostentatious exotic pet owners constantly trying to one up each other, or maybe it's just that the climate here is so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Precious Red and Pink Corals Need Protection Under CITES

    In last week's cover story, we looked at why reef-building corals are being plundered from the South Pacific and sent to the shores of Florida. But the curio trade isn't the only industry fueling the death of coral. For centuries, jewelry makers have harvested precious red a ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2012

    The World's Coral Reefs Are Being Decimated, All for a Few Gaudy Trinkets

    In last week's cover story, we looked at why reef-building corals are being plundered from the South Pacific and sent to the shores of Florida. But the curio trade isn't the only industry fueling the death of coral. For centuries, jewelry makers have harvested precious red a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Nature Conservancy, Surfrider Foundation Hosting Meeting Thursday on Marine Sanctuary Management

    Care about the health of local waters? Got beef with how the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is being managed? Don't want to see the Atlantic turned into a barren, polluted wasteland?Then pay attention to what The Nature Conservancy and the Surfrider Foundation are doing this week. 

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Save the Turtles: The Misguided, Misinformed, and Misdirected Battle for Hillsboro Lighthouse

    ​​All they wanted was some darkness for the baby sea turtles. But what started out as a simple request for protection of the endangered animals has ballooned into a yearslong battle among local advocates, the U.S. Coast Guard, and numerous agencies in which the original message has been lost in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Public Has Three More Days to Comment on Possible New Wildlife Refuge

    Coming to a cattle ranch near you.​The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extended the public comment period for a proposal to turn 150,000 acres of savanna ranch land north of Lake Okeechobee into the "Headwaters of the Everglades National Wildlife Refuge." The acquisition would cost $700 million ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    South Florida Environmental Groups Join Lawsuit Against National Park Service

    Plaintiffs don't want the Everglades to look like this.​Several environmental groups, led by the Washington-based Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, filed a lawsuit last week against the National Park Service, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    South Florida Environmentalists Say Sale of Any Water District Lands Is a Dumb Idea

    U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceDear humans, Get off my land. Love, this panther​The South Florida agency charged with securing water -- the stuff that makes your shampoo foamy -- for future generations has been having a tough time lately.Rick Scott and the GOP-led Legislature capped property taxe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Florida Panther Population Up to a Whopping 160; Everything Is Wonderful Now

    ​Hunters and environmentalists are clashing over a plan that would open the last unhunted section of Big Cypress National Preserve in the Everglades to hunting. Opponents argue that a man-made reduction in the white-tailed deer population would reduce a primary food source for the region's dwindli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Tree-Huggers and Gun-Toters Trade Barbs in Meeting on Proposed Everglades Hunting

    Flickr: artur.pedziwilkReady, aim, fire! Deer in Big Cypress.​A room at the Weston Hyatt was split down the middle last night between hunters and environmentalists who offered two-minute commentaries on what action the Park Service should take regarding deer hunting in the 146,000-acre Big Cypress ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Tea Party Hates Manatees, Says Protecting Them Is "Against the Bible"

    gatewaypundit.comManatees: Work of the devil.​Jesus apparently hated manatees, according to a new Tea Party platform circulating around Florida.Originating from the Citrus County Tea Party Patriots group, teabaggers are crying about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's intent to place restrictions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Animal Rights Activists Ask Amerijet to Stop Shipping Monkeys

    One of several injured monkeys photographed at a local research facility earlier this year.​Amerijet, the international cargo shipping corporation headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, is one of the few airlines that still transports research primates, specifically the ones used for controversial vivi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    Birds of a Feather, Art Together

    One of several injured monkeys photographed at a local research facility earlier this year.​Amerijet, the international cargo shipping corporation headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, is one of the few airlines that still transports research primates, specifically the ones used for controversial vivi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Record Number of Florida Panthers Killed By Vehicles Last Year

    flickr.comA panther photographed in Palm Beach county last year.​One of the latest came at the end of December, on I-75 in western Broward county. It was a 110-pound male, crossing the highway around 1 a.m. Last year, 17 Florida panthers were killed by vehicles, according to the Florida Fish and W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Six Foot Iguana Lunches on Oakland Park Kid, Panther Gets More Room to Roam

    Some cultures know what to do with a nuisance​A six-foot iguana thought Madison Wells tasted pretty good this week. Sorta like a strawberry, in fact. Little 7-year-old Madison was feeding the beast strawberries when it decided to clamp down on her ankle, tearing up her tendons and requiring a coup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Brazen Young Panther Killed a Long Way From Home

    Flickr user: doncon402You lookin' for me?​Males. When they're young and brash, trying to mark their territory and impress girls, there's no telling what they'll do. Run off to Georgia, even, and get themselves killed.That's apparently what happened to a Florida panther who was shot and killed by a ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Miguel and the Mouse

    Ain't no fairy tale. A doctoral student aims to save a disappearing breed.

  • News

    April 14, 2005

    Pipe It to Me

    Hold on a Bahamian Minute

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Enviro-hassles

    Yeah, Jeb's boys saved the Miami Blue. But since then, it's been open season on the environment.

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    The Egg Men

    Volunteers spend millions of hours trying to rescue sea turtles. So how come so few people care about busting poachers?

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Big Cypress Buyout

    Proposed payment of millions to a wealthy clan amounts to nothing more than stealing from taxpayers for the Bush boys' political gain

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    For the Birds

    Should 2700 little sparrows be allowed to hold up the reclaiming of the Everglades?

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Slaughter Alley

    Big, dead cats in the middle of the road -- lots of them

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Take It to the Ribbit

    Old-school frogger Norman Padgett may be the last of a dying breed: He makes a living off our slimy, fly-eating friends

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    A Natural Alliance

    Buck Island Ranch is home to the threatened caracara, and it's a laboratory where ranchers and conservationists are learning to work together

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    Cold-Blooded Smuggling

    The recent bust of a Hollywood importer sheds light on an illegal reptile trade that has adventurous smugglers making easy money

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