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  1. Florida woman dies after falling in pond, getting grabbed by gators
    Jul. 16• Florida
    Authorities say a Florida woman was found dead after falling in a pond and being grabbed by two alligators. This photo shows an alligator in Port Richey last year.
  2. Pinellas rolls out BeBot, a beach-cleaning robot with a message for humans
    Jul. 16• Pinellas
    A remote-controlled robot named BeBot rolls over a patch of sand in Indian Shores during a cleanup demonstration on Thursday, July 14, 2022. BeBot is part of a campaign by Keep Pinellas Beautiful to raise awareness about debris left by humans that lurks under the beach surface and eventually winds up in the Gulf of Mexico.
  3. Florida woman surprised by iguana in her toilet
    Jul. 13• Florida
    A South Florida found an iguana in her toilet this week. This is a photo of an iguana found in a toilet in 2019 in Miami. Iguanas often get into sewer systems and then look to escape, sometimes swimming up into toilets.
  5. Is more algae mucking up Tampa Bay? Scientists need to track it first.
    Jul. 12• Environment
    A cormorant swims over a thick mat of algae covering a bed of seagrass offshore from Tierra Verde in the Shell Key Preserve. Macroalgae have appeared to be more prevalent than usual around some parts of Tampa Bay this year, according to reports from captains and environmental advocates. Scientists cannot say for certain whether that’s a sign of trouble for the ecosystem.
  6. Yosemite fire grows as crews protect iconic sequoias
    Jul. 10• Nation & World
    A giant sequoia in the Mariposa Grove stands after the Washburn Fire burned through the area in Yosemite National Park Saturday, July 9, 2022 near Oakhurst.
  7. Yosemite wildfire threatens grove of iconic sequoia trees
    Jul. 10• Nation & World
    A firefighter protects a sequoia tree as the Washburn Fire burns in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Friday. [NOAH BERGER | Associated Press]
  8. Weak protection for vanishing right whale violates law, judge says
    Jul. 9• Environment
    This Dec. 2, 2021, photo provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shows an endangered North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing rope being sighted with a newborn calf in waters near Cumberland Island, Ga. The federal government hasn't done enough to protect a rare species of whale from lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear, and new rules are needed to protect the species from extinction, a judge ruled on July 8.
  9. Chemicals taint Florida oysters. What that could mean about our drinking water.
    Jul. 8• Environment
    A study by researchers at Florida International University of oysters in three coastal Florida areas — Miami-Dade, Tampa and Naples — found they were contaminated with potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS.
  10. More than 1,000 giant African land snails captured in Pasco invasion
    Jul. 7• Pasco
    The shell of a giant African land snail is displayed during a news conference hosted by Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Thursday. More than 1,000 of the invasive snails have been captured in Pasco County, where state officials are trying to fend off the invasion.
  11. Developer will appeal Tarpon Springs’ pause on its Anclote apartment project
    Jul. 7• Pinellas
    Vacant land butting up to the Anclote River can be seen Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 in Tarpon Springs where Morgan Group plans to build 404 apartments.
  12. Talking about honeybees, queens and who really rules the hive
    Jul. 6• Florida
    Rein Verbeek, 55, of Dover, has been a beekeeper since 2014.
  13. Tampa to embark on anti-littering effort
    Jul. 5• Environment
    Litter is scattered in a small creek near a bridge just north of downtown Tampa. The city is about to embark on an anti-trash campaign called "Keep It Clean, Tampa."
  14. Florida springs protection rule is overdue and underwhelming, critics say
    Jul. 3• Environment
    Jeremy Miller, of Homosassa, explores one of the vents at Three Sisters Springs on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Citrus County.
  15. 2nd visitor in 3 days gored by Yellowstone park bison
    Jul. 2• News
    A female bison and calf are seen near the Yellowstone River in Wyoming's Hayden Valley, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Yellowstone National Park. For the second time in three days, a park visitor has been gored by a bison, park officials said Thursday, June 30. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
  16. Biden offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 oil and gas lease sales
    Jul. 1• Environment
    An offshore oil rig drills for oil in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005.
  17. Supreme Court’s EPA ruling could slow Florida’s climate change fight
    Jun. 30• Environment
    Tampa Electric’s Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach has burned both coal and natural gas to create electricity in Tampa Bay. Both processes release greenhouse gasses that cause global warming.
  18. Tarpon Springs commission puts Anclote apartment project on hold
    Jun. 29• Pinellas
    Stands of mangroves populate the shoreline on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, on the land where developer Morgan Group wants to build 404 apartments on the nearly 74-acre site along the Anclote River in Tarpon Springs.
  19. Yellowstone bison gores man who got too close
    Jun. 29• Nation & World
    A bison lays down on the ground in front of the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on June 22. A 34-year-old man from Colorado Springs, Colo., was gored by a bull bison in Yellowstone National Park this week.
  20. Look out, Pasco: Here come giant African land snails
    Jun. 29• Pasco
    A Florida scientist holds up a live giant African land snail in a lab in 2014.
  21. Exotic fruit fly found in Pinellas; state seeks to limit spread
    Jun. 27• Pinellas
    An oriental fruit fly rests on a leaf at a park in the Philippines in May 2021.
  22. Missing 2nd diver found dead at Buford Spring in Hernando County
    Jun. 23• Breaking News
    Two scuba divers were found dead at Buford Spring in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area Wednesday. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that neither diver showed any obvious signs of trauma, and both had appropriate diving gear.
  23. Tampa tradition of baking Cuban bread with palmetto leaves at risk
    Jun. 23• History
    Palmetto leaves create the signature split on the top of baking loaves at La Segunda Central Bakery in Ybor City.
  24. Florida team hauls in 18-foot, 215-pound Burmese python
    Jun. 23• Florida
    Biologists Ian Easterling, left, and Ian Bartoszek haul a 14-foot female Burmese python captured in a mangrove habitat of southwestern Florida in March while tracking a male scout snake.
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