» Photo via Miami Herald | 2018 Hurricane Guide via Sarasota Herald-Tribune
» Cancer: What are epigonal organs and why are these Mote scientists so interested? "Every drug company in the world wants to get their hands on that." (Via Tampa Bay Times)
Digest
Python hunters with shotguns recruited for Everglades fight
Design proposals unveiled for Sarasota's The Bay
A win for water supply advocates: Scott vetoes HB 1149
Texas oil company receives approval for Big Cypress testing
Frostproof citrus growers try bamboo for cash crop
Tampa Bay''s last commercial orange grove calls it quits
Red tide suspected in 45 manatee deaths
Wildlife officials are just saying no to singing dogs
Caloosahatchee: 'This is not your grandfather's estuary'
Calving crisis: 'It's a pivotal moment for right whales'
Lawmakers weigh new advice for hurricane readiness
New walking, biking trail links Everglades to ocean
Feds taking a look at endangered status for Key deer
Lab mosquitoes recruited for fight against Zika
Nature Conservancy pays $2 million for panther habitat
FPL 'solar sanctuary' unites with Audubon to protect wetlands
Petition filed to reclassify leatherback sea turtle
Rare whooping cranes hatch in N. Florida refuge
Manasota Key yields underwater Native American graveyard
Florida's mangroves 'running away' from coastlines
The gopher #tortoise is the only Florida turtle that digs a burrow. Burrow entrances are shaped just like a tortoise's shell: arched on the top and flat on the bottom. #fact pic.twitter.com/mCHIwyrrbU
— MyFWC Life (@MyFWClife) June 25, 2018
Tweet, tweet, tweet
» Green is good, green is right, green works
» "They are not mindless killing machines"
» Great film equals great purpose
» Reclusive stars gain Fed's protection
» For conservationist, a menhaden experience
What flood?
» For billionaire preppers, a Miami company is building 272 horsepower "arks" capable of withstanding Category 4 hurricane winds that rise on stilts to thwart sea level rise. And they are completely solar. (Via Miami New Times)
“They lost everything, but they want to dance in the street."
"Why would we want to take away one of the most basic rights of our residents and do something that could hurt our tourism economy?"
“I want to be able to go back and tell everybody, my kids, that we did everything we could to save that species.”
“Climate change will impact virtually every profession, from architects to zoologists.”
"Sharks are wild animals and deserve our respect, but they are not mindless killing machines. "
“We’re playing a little bit of ecological roulette here.”
» "Blue Planet II" by Sir David Attenborough, which debuted on the BBC Oct. 29, may not be the last conservation film series for the 91-year-old naturalist. "I see no reason whatsoever why I can’t live past 100. Earth has enough wonders to make more than three Planet Earth series."
Out there
» When Gulf Coast Floridians reflect on Hurricane Irma, they will forever remember "The Wobble." How the slightest shift affected the monster storm's path, preventing coastal communities from a total wipeout. (Tampa Bay Times)
» 'Water management is killing us' (Florida Weekly)
» Monster mosquitoes vs. Zika (Tampa Bay Times)
» NOAA: 10-16 tropical storms (Associated Press)
» Inside an "otherworldly" Cuba (Orlando Sentinel)
Top photo via Slate
Get your paddle on.
