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Here is what the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission knows, according to a March 13 news release from Monroe County: There have been 21 documented smalltooth sawfish deaths to date.
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 ...
Mysterious tar balls washed up on several Florida beaches, forcing closures and triggering an investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard. Fort Lauderdale’s shoreline was among the most impacted ...
Curlew and Koala, two endangered North Atlantic right whales, wandered off course in January popping up along the Gulf coast near the Alabama and Florida border on Feb. 2.
One of the Florida Keys' most ecologically damaging invasive species is the lionfish. First discovered as an introduced species in 2009, [5] the lionfish population affects the original flora and fauna of the Florida Keys in three major ways. The lionfish has an appetite for native fish and crustaceans and is able to spawn year-round.
Record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years in an effort to prop up a threatened species that’s ...
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.
In the late 1990s, the herd was again reduced after inbreeding concerns. The buffalo herd reached a peak of 70 animals in 2011. The park began culling excessive animals in 2012, allowing a target population of about 8 to 10 bison to be free to roam the Florida prairie. [19] [20] [21]