Two suspects charged in largest seizure of turtles in recent history, FWC says
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has charged two suspects for poaching thousands of native turtles in Florida in what the agency says is the largest seizure of turtles in recent history.
World's 1st female spacewalking team inspires others
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir exited the International Space Station on Friday, the first time in a half-century of spacewalking that a woman floated out without a male crewmate. Their job is to fix a broken part of the station's solar power network.news
Going inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building
We get a rare look inside NASA Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Inside is a critical component of the planned Space Launch System (SLS), the pathfinder rocket. Weighing in at 228,000 pounds, the pathfinder is a full-scale mock-up of the rocket’s core stage and will provide the power necessary to send NASA’s Orion spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit and to the Moon.
World's 1st female spacewalking team makes history
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir exited the International Space Station on Friday, the first time in a half-century of spacewalking that a woman floated out without a male crewmate. Their job is to fix a broken part of the station's solar power network.
Red tide bloom makes its way to southwest Florida bays
Scientists say a red tide bloom is making its way into southwest Florida bays and killing sea turtles.
World's 1st female spacewalking team makes history
The world's first female spacewalking team is making history high above Earth.
2 ball pythons found in Orlando area in as many days
In just two days, two invasive snakes have been discovered in the wild in Central Florida. The ball python is native to Africa and brought to the United States as pets. Most likely, these snakes were released by pet owners or they escaped enclosures.
2 ball pythons found in Orlando area in as many days
In just two days, two invasive snakes have been discovered in the wild in Central Florida. The ball python is native to Africa and brought to the United States as pets. Most likely, these snakes were released by pet owners or they escaped enclosures.
Florida lawmakers squabbling over sunscreen regulation
If you live in Florida, sunscreen is essential. However, reports show products design to protect us are also damaging some aquatic life. The sale of some products has been banned by coastal communities, but some lawmakers want to ban the ban. Other lawmakers are proposing prescriptions for sunscreens that have contents that may be harmful to the environment.
Florida lawmaker takes aim at shark fin sales
Importing, exporting and selling shark fins would be illegal in Florida, under a proposal filed Thursday by state Rep.
Mars lander's digger is burrowing again after snag
A Mars lander's digger is burrowing into the red planet again after hitting a snag seven months ago.
Mosquito-borne illness advisory issued for Volusia County
Health officials in Volusia County have issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory for West Nile virus.
Florida man removes 'super mellow' 8-foot alligator from swimming pool
The trapper named the eight-foot, eight-inch long gator 'Cool Hand Luke' because of its cool and mellow demeanor.
Great white shark bitten during encounters with other sharks in the Atlantic
Great white sharks live in a tough world.
Bees have been declared the most important living things on earth
We may avoid them like an annoying relative when we see them buzzing around, but their importance in the planet's ecosystem far outweighs the pain of any sting you may get.
Petition seeks to have California declare Joshua trees as threatened species
The western Joshua tree needs protection under the California Endangered Species Act because of threats from climate change and habitat destruction, the Center for Biological Diversity said in a petition Tuesday to the state’s Fish and Game Commission.
Trump administration proposes expanding logging in country’s largest national forest
The Tongass National Forest covers 16.7 million acres and is the largest intact temperate rainforest in North America.
Former NASA scientist behind Mars Viking program says life was discovered on planet 43 years ago
Gilbert V. Levin, principal investigator on NASA Viking missions to Mars in the 1970s, says he’s convinced life was discovered on the red planet nearly four decades ago.
Montana fishermen catch live bobcat in fishing net on lake
A family said they spotted a young bobcat thrashing in the water while they were fishing.
Asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth in more than a century Monday night
According to NASA’s JPL, the giant space rock known as 2019 TA7 will skim past Earth at a distance of roughly 930,000 miles, making its closest approach to Earth in nearly 115 years.