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A large sawfish that showed signs of distress was rescued by wildlife officials in the Florida Keys, where more than three dozen of the ancient and endangered fish have died for unexplained ...
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The Florida Keys are a group of islands near the Florida mainland. The rodent fauna includes two species which both also occur on the adjacent mainland. Cricetomys gambianus, an introduced nesomyid from Africa. It has established a breeding population on Grassy Key. [101] Neotoma floridana, a widespread woodrat from the eastern United States.
Kale Dailey, 53, of Englewood, Florida, died after being removed from the water during a snorkel trip in the Lower Keys Tuesday. He was snorkeling in Sawyer Channel with a group at about 11:24 a.m ...
The Key West National Wildlife Refuge is a 189,497 acre (766.867 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in Monroe County, Florida, between Key West, Florida and the Dry Tortugas. Only 2,019 acres (8.171 km 2) of land are above sea level, on several keys within the refuge.
A 10-mile loop road through Rookery Bay was proposed in 1963 which would have facilitated vast coastal development around Rookery Bay. The Collier County Conservancy, the Nature Conservancy, the Collier Audubon Society, and a number of private investors, began a grass roots effort which resulted in the purchase of 3,362 acres which eventually became the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Sanctuary ...
A 35-year-old Texas woman who was attacked by a shark while with family in the Lower Keys a week ago is recovering from a large wound to her leg, her husband said Wednesday.
The refuge is home to the endangered Key deer, a subspecies of the white-tailed deer that is endemic to the Florida Keys and has a current population of around 800 animals. 21 other threatened and endangered species of plants and animals are also found on the refuge.