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Miami New Times - Environment

National Water Dance Brings Movement Choir to Crandon Park

3 days ago

Don't Look Up Without 'Em!

17 days ago

What to Know About the April 8 Solar Eclipse in Miami and South Florida -- By Tom Finkel -- We aren't in the path of totality, but it'll still be spectacular (weather permitting).

3 days ago

Florida Is Getting a $4.5 Million Museum for...Mosquitoes? -- By Alex DeLuca -- St. Johns County commissioners previously criticized the mosquito museum as "wasteful" spending.

17 days ago

NOAA Finds Mass Coral Death in Florida Keys Following Marine Heat Wave -- By Naomi Feinstein -- Researchers visited iconic reefs in the Florida Keys and found only 22 percent of the surveyed elkhorn coral remained alive.

23 days ago

Icon of the Feces: Where Does the Poo Go on World's Largest Cruise Ship? -- By Naomi Feinstein -- New Times dives into the bowels of the largest cruise ship in the world.

24 days ago

Covanta Loses Bid to Trash Lawsuit Over Doral's Giant Garbage Fire -- By Alex DeLuca -- The lawsuit claims "airborne contaminants rained down on people's heads" as the fire raged at Covanta's plant.

1 month ago

Miami Creeps onto List of Most Cockroach-Infested Cities -- By Naomi Feinstein -- It's not just your pizza-crust-lined Miami apartment. The entire city is overrun with these pests.

2 months ago

Protesters Gear Up After Florida Declines $320 Million to Cut Carbon Emissions -- By Naomi Feinstein -- Florida was the only state to reject funding under the $6.4 billion federal program to reduce emissions.

2 months ago

UPDATE: Miami Seaquarium's Last Three Manatees Removed From Park -- By Alex DeLuca -- A veterinarian who cared for Romeo for more than 20 years recalls how he would help young, rescued sea cows adapt to life in captivity.

3 months ago

Tropical Audubon Society Needs Help Monitoring Bird Deaths in South Florida -- By Naomi Feinstein -- While other big cities have thriving programs to monitor bird deaths, the Tropical Audubon Society hasn't had the same luck in Miami.

4 months ago

Florida Manatees Could Return to Endangered Species List -- By Alex DeLuca -- In 2021, more than 1,100 manatees perished in Florida, marking the deadliest year on record for the mammals.

4 months ago

Meet the Snake Lady: Python Hunter Takes Tourists Into the Florida Wilds to Wrangle Invasive Species -- By Jess Swanson -- Amy Siewe offers guided hunts to out-of-state travelers seeking to cross the "once-in-a-lifetime python hunt" off their bucket lists.

5 months ago

Turf War: South Florida Cities Spend Millions for Fake Grass Despite Resident Outcry -- By Naomi Feinstein -- Aventura and other municipalities are spending big money on fake grass over the objection of residents who prefer their parks stay natural.

6 months ago

Florida Researcher Says Goodbye to Centuries-Old Coral After Mass Bleaching Event -- By Naomi Feinstein -- "I was crying for nearly the entire dive because I realized that I would likely never see these hundred-plus-year-old colonies alive again."

7 months ago

Florida Cops: Stop Narcing on Manatee Orgies! (PHOTOS) -- By Alex DeLuca -- Although Florida's beloved manatees get it on year-round, mating herds are most commonly seen during the summer.

7 months ago

"Cooked" Alive: Inmates Stew in Florida Prisons' Extreme Heat -- By Alex DeLuca -- Is extreme heat in Florida prisons a form of "cruel and unusual" punishment?

8 months ago

Porthole to the Past: OceanGate and Stockton Rush's South Florida Connection -- By Naomi Feinstein -- Researchers who worked with Stockton Rush on the South Florida expedition tell New Times they never would have imagined that he and OceanGate would one day be at the center of a tragedy that drew a global spotlight.

8 months ago

Aventura Residents Protest After Community Garden Ripped Out for Pickleball Project -- By Alex DeLuca -- Dozens of Aventura residents gathered outside city hall to protest the city's plan to build pickleball courts at Founders Park South.

8 months ago

Coral Morphologic Collaborates With Designer Natasha Tonić on Coral-Inspired Swimwear -- By Christine Borges -- Coral Morphologic continues to take strides in innovating ways to educate others on coral reefs in ways that make a positive impact on the environment.

9 months ago

Pickle Brawl: Aventura Bulldozes Green Space to Make Way for Pickleball Courts -- By Naomi Feinstein -- Aventura residents' community garden has been torn to shreds to make room for pickleball courts.

9 months ago

Lavish Floating Social Club Plans to Party Off Shores of Historic Wildlife Retreat -- By Alex DeLuca -- The plan is to erect a posh social club, where wealthy clientele imbibe on interconnected yachts, right next to Bird Key, an island that has served as a wildlife sanctuary for centuries.

9 months ago