Climate & Environment

Though folks might think this week’s tornadoes in Broward County were a rare occasion, South Florida has seen its fair share of twisters.

Coast-to-coast destruction all but ensures that Ian will go down in history as one of the most destructive storms to ever strike Florida.

Ian is expected to make landfall south of the Tampa Bay area Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane.

The storm is expected to intensify into a Category 3 Hurricane before approaching the Sunshine State.

The storm is expected to strengthen into a hurricane over the weekend before approaching the Sunshine State.

The storm was still wreaking havoc across Puerto Rico when it reached the Dominican Republic on Monday.

Brown basilisks, a lizard with a unique propensity for running on water, are making their home in Florida.

We might see our first August without a named Atlantic storm since 1997, but don’t get too comfortable.

Neighbors say herbicides are destroying the Little River’s ecosystem and threatening Biscayne Bay’s manatee population.

Study predicts Miami-Dade will see double the present average of days with a heat index above 100 degrees by 2053.

The latest on the stinky seaweed that has been clogging Miami’s beaches.

University of Miami and NOAA researchers will study the 43 coral colonies they rescued from the collapse.

Florida has a goal to preserve 18 million acres of wild land to save the native environment, but at just about 10 million acres conserved so far, efforts need to move more quickly.

Miami temperatures aren’t going down and neither is your electric bill.

Researchers with Everglades National Park go out and capture tegu lizards every week day to try and curb the runaway train of the invasive reptile’s population.

The masses of people who flock to beaches to celebrate leave a ton of crap behind.

Community advocacy groups say the threat of an “extreme winter event” is highly unlikely in Florida.

The female Burmese python measured 17.7 feet long and weighed 215 pounds.

Bayside Marketplace, Wynwood, and Miami Marine Stadium all stand to improve with the rising seas.

Surfing dogs, Corvette submarines, and drunken, drenched clubgoers dominated social media in Potential Tropical Cyclone One’s watery wake.

The National Hurricane Center expects that a low-pressure system off the Yucatan coast will soon strengthen into Tropical Storm Alex.

The truth about glass, the secret of the recycling symbol, and other lessons from a tour of Waste Management’s Reuter Recycling Facility.