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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Get the latest red tide information for Southwest Florida.

Lee County will start accepting appointments by phone for COVID-19 vaccinations today.

Tuesday’s elections and ballot counting has run rather smoothly in Florida compared to states like Pennsylvania that remain in the national spotlight with the presidential race between Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden still too close to call.

The Florida Secretary of State's office says it will soon be sending out lists to county elections offices of felons who are ineligible to vote.