WGCU News
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Manatees vocalize while feeding, resting, or playing using high-pitched squeaks, squeals, squeak-squeals, and chirps. Learn about innovative research being conducted at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota exploring how and why manatees vocalize.
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The Florida Museum of Natural History is looking for your help to track two species of native bee that you’ll probably hear before you see. Southeastern plasterer bees live in scrub, pineland, and sandhill habitats; adjacent open areas; and along roadsides.
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Explore famous examples of women who traveled the globe as botanical researchers, illustrators, writers, and educators.
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Get the latest updates on some of the major Everglades restoration projects underway, and still on the drawing board, here in South Florida.
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Bears begin eating more calories in the fall to pack on additional fat needed during the winter months. Bears will consume up to 20,000 calories per day and will snack on anything that’s convenient, including what's in your garbage.
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Sea Turtle nesting season in Southwest Florida runs from April 15 through October 31, which means it’s beginning to wind down. Find out what it takes to monitor and help protect the large marine reptiles.
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Bats have been in the news in recent years in connection to deadly epidemics including Ebola and COVID-19, yet scientists are discovering evidence that bats may hold a key to longer and healthier lives.
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What is lightning, and how is it formed? Is all lightning made from the same stuff? How dangerous is lightning? Get all your lightning questions answered in this episode.
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If no action is taken to reduce emissions by the end of this century, intense heat will cost Florida’s economy roughly $8 billion in lost work every year. And tens of millions of outdoor workers in the U.S. risk losing a collective $55.4 billion dollars in earnings each year by midcentury.
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Hospitals around Florida are seeing COVID-19 cases in record numbers, and more younger patients are being admitted to hospitals in recent weeks than since the pandemic began nearly a year and a half ago. We're getting an update from Lee Health officials.