Tropical Storm Alvin Approaches Baja California, Caribbean Faces Early Season Development Risk
As the official start of the Atlantic hurricane sea [...]
Bike-Riding Bandit Steals Car, Crashes In Gibsonton; HCSO Seeks Tips
GIBSONTON, Fla. - Detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office ar [...]
BayCare Health Systems
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced Friday [...]
Measles Vaccine (Unsplash)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the termination of its contrac [...]
Blue-green algae toxins (File)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Polk County (DOH-Polk) issued a public [...]
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a decision [...]
Clearwater Beach (File)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday that it will award $9.7 million in gra [...]
Cucumbers (File)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched an investigation into a Salmonella Montevideo outbre [...]
Hurricane Milton’s Fury Unleashed Crop Disease; UF/IFAS Speedy Diagnostics Prove Critical For Strawberry Growers
Hands holding strawberries. Courtesy, UF/IFAS photography
Last fall, strawberry fields in the Tampa Bay region and at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Resea [...]
Drones And AI Take Flight To Boost Florida’s Hemp Harvest
A view from the ground of the hemp experiment at UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, FL. Here, researchers planted acres of [...]
Hybrid “Super Termites” Establish Foothold In Florida, Raising Alarm Bells For Widespread Damage
Termite Damage: Photo Courtesy: Thomas Chouvenc
Scientists confirm that two of the world’s most destructive invasive termite species are not only [...]
Florida Watermelon Farmers Embrace Automation, Reap Significant Water Savings
Smartphone apps allow farmers to easily control their automated irrigation systems. (Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS)
As May brings peak watermelon season to [...]
A biologist lowers a Van Dorn sampler to collect a water sample in the Gulf of America. (FWC)
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reported the detection of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, at background concentrations in one offshore sample from Okaloosa County in Northwest Florida over the past week. Officials emp [...]
Gray Triggerfish (File)
Anglers are reminded that the recreational harvest of gray triggerfish in Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters will close on June 1, remaining shut through July 31. This seasonal closure is a crucial measure to support the conservation of Florida's valuable gray triggerfish populations for future generations.
The t [...]
Edward Medard Boat Ramp
PLANT CITY, Fla. - Boaters who frequent Edward Medard Conservation Park will need to find alternative launch points starting Monday, June 9th. Hillsborough County announced today that the park's boat ramp will close indefinitely as the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) conducts a partial drawdown of th [...]
Florida Man Nabs $3 Million FLORIDA LOTTO Jackpot
A Lake City man is the Sunshine State's newest millionaire after claiming a $3 million FLORIDA LOTTO® jackpot. The F [...]
Florida MISSING CHILD Alert Issued For 15-Year-Old Chloe Mazzetti
A Florida MISSING CHILD Alert has been issued for Chloe Mazzetti, a 15-year-old white female, last seen in the [...]