1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer Hamilton Disston buys 4 million acres and begins efforts to drain the Everglades. 1906: The first dredging project began in South ...

The leaders of a Buddhist organization say a construction project by the Army Corps of Engineers will ruin the serenity of their retreat center in the Florida Everglades and lead to Burmese ...

OKEECHOBEE — At daybreak on a misty-blue Wednesday, a herd of cows and bulls are horseplaying on a South Florida prairie ... This is Everglades cattle country, with miles upon miles of slash ...

The NWS office in Key West, Florida, in a forecast on Wednesday: "Smoke from wildfires in the Everglades may linger over the Keys through the early afternoon. Near nil chances of rain will prevail ...

A crocodile and alligator were filmed fighting on a Florida Everglades sidewalk, likely for a prime basking spot. American crocodiles are considered a threatened species, but their population has ...

Soon, when residents of a village in Florida’s Miami-Dade County drop off their egg shells, banana peels, and other kitchen scraps for composting, they’ll be helping restore the Everglades ...

Burmese pythons are spreading northward from their established breeding range in the Florida Everglades. Crossbreeding with Indian rock pythons have allowed them to expand their territory.

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