Category: Environment
Funding tripled, Florida expands python fight and doubles number of Burmese Python Hunters
“Why did it have to be snakes?”
Hurricane Dorian: Warning and update for Indian River County, Florida
Indian River County is currently under a Hurricane Warning; Mandatory Evacuations are in effect for affected areas.
Florida woman who hid gator in her pants during traffic stop sentenced
In addition to pulling an alligator out of her pants, she also had 42 striped mud turtles and a softshell turtle stashed in a “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” backpack
Momoa: ‘Sorry Warner Bros: We can’t shoot Aquaman 2 because Jason got run over by a bulldozer’
The ‘Aquaman’ star is leading protests against construction of the TMT atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea
Cops issue ‘Meth-Gators’ warning: Flushing drugs in toilet could create meth alligators
Don’t flush your drugs, including prescription pills. Worst case scenario? A methed up gator
Actress Lee Yeol-eum charged in Thailand for catching and eating endangered giant clams
Producers of Lee’s reality TV show said they didn’t know the giant clams were endangered; but the man in charge of the marine park said the show was informed about all the regulations
Fecal parasite ‘Crypto’ in swimming pools on the rise, leading cause of disease outbreaks
CDC report: fecal parasite ‘Crypto’ outbreaks from 2009 – 2017 resulted in 7,465 illnesses, 287 hospitalizations and one death
Dragonfly Mission: NASA planning mission to Titan to search for origins and signs of life
The Dragonfly craft will take advantage of Titan’s dense atmosphere – four times denser than Earth’s – to become the first vehicle ever to fly its entire science payload to new places for repeatable and targeted access to surface materials
What we now know about near-Earth asteroid ‘Bennu’
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu, only slightly wider than the height of the Empire State Building, may contain unaltered material from the very beginning of our solar system.
Man wanted for attacking protected pelican in Florida arrested for animal cruelty (Video)
A video showing a man in Florida luring and then jumping on top of a pelican in the water was posted on social media. Florida authorities investigated and obtained an arrest warrant for William Hunter Hardest of Riva, MD.
