A soundtrack of mechanical diggers and road-grading machines is hardly what comes to mind when planning a romantic encounter - even for eagles. ...more

July 12, 2008

Florida officials are threatening to sue the federal government unless the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reconsiders its plan to withhold more water from federal reservoirs and lakes in Georgia. ...more

June 21, 2008

Florida lawmakers want the federal government to hold off on a new drought plan allowing operators of federal dams in Georgia to withhold more water for metropolitan Atlanta at the expense of downstream areas. ...more

June 6, 2008

A federal plan to reduce water flows in the Apalachicola River won't irreversibly doom four federally protected species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. ...more

June 3, 2008

An American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled. ...more

May 10, 2008

These days the news is full of beautiful - and wrenching - images of polar bears, often swimming in unending open water, or standing on tiny ice floes. ...more

February 26, 2008

Bats in New York and Vermont are mysteriously dying off by the thousands, often with a white ring of fungus around their noses, and scientists in hazmat suits are crawling into dank caves to find out why. ...more

February 15, 2008

Florida scrub jay populations are declining along the Lake Wales Ridge and the rest of Central Florida, stated an official from environmental groups monitoring the threatened bird. According to a press release from The Nature Conservancy, a study revealed that scrub jay populations declined at 40 percent of the 15 "Jay Watch" sites on the ridge since they were first surveyed between 2002 and 2004. Two-thirds of the scrub jay populations at 26 other sites in the state also showed declining populations. ...more

January 28, 2008

After flying nearly 1,200 miles, 17 endangered whooping cranes touched down in Marion County this morning. ...more

January 27, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - When he heard about an eagle that was shot and killed, Larry Byrd of Sarasota was, like many others, absolutely livid, angry enough to offer a reward. ...more

January 17, 2008