Friends of the Everglades is working to acquire 100,000 acres of land south of Lake Okeechobee to restore the flow of clean ...

The wildfire burning in the Florida Everglades rapidly expanded to 22,000 acres on Thursday, from 3,600 acres on Wednesday. Newsweek reached out to the Florida Forest Service by email for comment.

At Everglades National Park ... spokesperson for the Florida Forest Service. It’s unclear what sparked this particular blaze, but Bond noted that about 80% of all wildfires are started by ...

If the point is fiscal responsibility and accountability, you just fired the person monitoring that funds were used properly, ...

Florida Forest Service Emerging research has found that historically, high and dry parts of the Everglades — like pine rocklands — are in fact designed to burn around every four years.

Getting out on one of the Everglades Boat Tours is a wonderful way to see more of the park. We have taken both Everglade ...

Jenna Taylor was not even a year into her career with the Forest Service when she earned two performance awards for her stewardship of the Florida National Scenic Trail. While working remotely ...

Everglades peat forms quickly. In Florida's mangrove forests, around 2 to 10 millimeters of soil are added to the forest floor each year, building up over time like sand filling an hourglass.

Florida’s Cape Sable seaside sparrow is a rare and secretive bird that dwells within the marl prairie of the remote ...

Of Saturday’s four big money lottery drawings — Fantasy 5, Florida Lotto, Cash4Life, Powerball — three jackpots were won and ...

Two vacant U.S. House seats are up for grabs in Florida special elections. The most closely watched is in the 6th District, ...