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  • The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam keeping eye on the North Fort Myers eagle nest is in hatch watch mode with the likelihood of an earlier than normal hatch.
    Southwest Florida Eagle Cam prepares for baby eaglets
    The popular North Fort Myers-sited live web cam, which has been keeping an eye on this specific nest for the past 13 seasons, has been watching the mated eagle pair preparing earlier than normal for their offspring.
  • Annual Punta Gorda seawall assessment set Jan. 9-March 1
    From January 9, through March 1, Punta Gorda will be running its annual seawall assessment.During low tide periods, city staff will inspect seawalls in the southwest and southeast zones of Punta Gorda Isles. The boundary of these zones is Aqui Esta Drive, Punta Gorda Isles perimeter canal, Almar Drive, Muscovie Court, and around the tract of land known as Bird Navigation.
  • Think Your Hearing's Great? You Might Want To Check It Out
    About a quarter of adults who think their hearing is fine actually have some hearing loss, according to the CDC. And many of them are in their 20s. Activities of daily living are often to blame.
  • Lee County leads manatee deaths in Florida so far in 2025 with 31
    Lee, Charlotte and Manatee counties are in the top 10 Florida counties for manatee deaths so far in 2025, a new report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission shows.The report shows that of the 148 manatees that have died this year in Florida as of Feb. 14, Lee County has had the most with 31 deaths.
  • The South Florida Water Management District routinely conducts prescribed burns to maintain the health and ecological function of natural areas. One such burn will be conducted today at the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed Management Area in Lee County.
    Prescribed burn in Corkscrew Watershed Area set again today
    The South Florida Water Management District plans to conduct a 80-acre prescribed burn in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Management Area in Collier County today. The burn unit is in the CREW Management Area and is approximately 5 miles south of SR 82 and 1.5 miles east of Corkscrew Road.
  • The South Florida Water Management District routinely conducts prescribed burns to maintain the health and ecological function of natural areas. One such burn will be conducted today at the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed Management Area in Lee County.
    Prescribed burn in Corkscrew Watershed Area planned today
    The South Florida Water Management District plans to conduct a 40-acre prescribed burn in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Management Area in Lee County today. The burn unit is in the CREW Management Area and is approximately 5 miles south of SR 82 and 1.5 miles east of Corkscrew Road.
  • Rainbow snake
    FWC seeks reports of sightings in Florida of rare rainbow snake
    The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking the public to report sightings of the elusive rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma), a nonvenomous species whose population has declined in recent decades.
  • The unaltered stomach contents of a dead albatross chick photographed on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific in September 2009 include plastic marine debris fed the chick by its parents.
    Environmental Roundup May 21, 2021
    We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week, in Florida and beyond.
  • A least tern feeds its chicks. Least terns are a threatened species. Beachside fireworks can cause the terns to abandon their nests and young, leaving eggs and chicks vulnerable to predators.
    Environmental Roundup July 2, 2021
    We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week in Florida and beyond.
  • Mark Salvato (USFWS) releases a Schaus' swallowtail butterfly into its natural habitat on Elliott Key.
    Environmental Roundup July 16, 2021
    We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week in Florida and beyond.
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