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A pregnant Caribbean king crab, a direct result of the reproduction efforts at Mote's Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery Research Center.

First fully operational Caribbean king crab hatchery opens, will help in Florida coral reef efforts

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium celebrated the official opening of its Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery Research Center Monday as the first fully operational Caribbean king crab hatchery that will aid in efforts to save Florida’s coral reefs.

A Kashmiri man cools off at a stream on a hot summer day on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The entire planet sweltered for the two unofficial hottest days in human recordkeeping Monday and Tuesday, according to University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer project. The unofficial heat records come after months of unusually hot conditions due to climate change and a strong El Nino event.

Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth -- Wednesday could break it

The planet’s temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high, the latest in a series of climate-change extremes that alarm but don’t surprise scientists.The globe’s average temperature reached 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, a common tool based on satellite data and computer simulations and used by climate scientists for a glimpse of the world’s condition. On Monday, the average temperature was 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit (17.01 degrees Celsius), breaking a record that lasted only 24 hours.

Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation

Restoration workers are removing about 100,000 handbound books from their shelves and carefully placing them in crates, the start of a disinfection process that aims to kill the tiny beetles.

Hoping to revive mammoths, scientists create 'woolly mice'

Hoping to bring the giant, ancient animal back from extinction, scientists have created a far smaller woolly creature. Woolly mice have some of the key traits of mammoths, including their thick, hairy coat.

Environmental Roundup May 14, 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.

Two egret chicks can be seen in a nest as a pair of adult birds above them cross their beaks

South Florida's wading birds nested at near-record numbers

Nearly 102,000 egret, spoonbill, ibis, and heron nests were discovered during the 2021 season. The stunning total is 2.5 times more nests than in recent decades

Rice farmers in Texas could face a third year in a row of being cut off from water due to severe drought conditions. (Jeff Heimsath/StateImpact Texas)

Central Texas Farmers Could Lose Water Access Due to Drought

Half of Texas is experiencing drought conditions, and for the third year in a row, rice farmers in Central Texas may be cut off from water supplies because of severe drought.

In this Sept. 22, 2019 photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida trappers Jonathan Lopez, left, and Cynthia Downer pose with a record-setting python they captured at the Big Cypress National Preserve, west of Miam.

Burmese Python Hunt In Everglades Returns This Summer, DeSantis Says

The pythons have been known to devour bird and mammal populations.

Sen. Nelson Advocates Action on Everglades Flooding

This year’s heavy rainfall has sent water levels in the Everglades to their highest levels on record for this time of year.The high water has caused…

Newly Formed Tropical Storm Arthur Likely to Strengthen Overnight, but Will Stay Offshore

Arthur is in an environment that is susceptible to modest strengthening over the next 24 hours. Right now, the storm is nearly stationary about 80 miles…

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