Everglades

The historic rise of South Florida sugarcane farming turned the giant Lake Okeechobee into a toilet for polluted waters draining from as far as Central Florida and flushing ruinously via canals to coastal estuaries at Fort Myers and Stuart.

WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green takes a deep dive into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, asking how successful it's been after two decades and billions of dollars.

Wading bird nesting, a measure of Everglades health, was down last year after heavy rain at the start of the dry season. But for the first time since 1986, nearly half the nesting occurred on historic nesting grounds.

The program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it, as well as Florida, will need to spend close to a billion each year through 2026.

Jose Melendez, who lives in San Francisco, was visiting Miami about a week before the Super Bowl. He said he’s planning to cheer on his team from afar. ...

A $1.4 trillion spending package signed by President Donald Trump includes a holiday gift for the Everglades: $200 million.

For residents of the Glades, a string of poor, predominantly African American rural towns dotting the southern shore of Florida's Lake Okeechobee, the…

Officials say Florida trappers have captured a record-setting python as part of a growing effort that encourages hunters to remove the invasive snakes…

Florida agencies are increasing the number of python hunters — and the amount of land they're allowed to hunt on. "We're committed to doubling the...

The new executive director of the environmental group Friends of the Everglades is not that impressed with Gov. Ron DeSantis' environmental record thus...

Researchers say invasive Burmese pythons are threatening wading bird nests in the Florida Everglades. As part of her masters degree with the University of…

South Florida water managers dove into Everglades restoration in back to back meetings this week.