WATCH: Giant python crosses road in Florida Everglades

A video of a gigantic Burmese python crossing a road in the Florida Everglades is stunning viewers – but many think the person taking the video should’ve run it over. 

Florida manatee deaths drop but starvation still a concern

Manatee deaths dropped in 2022 from a record high the year before, but Florida wildlife officials said Wednesday that chronic starvation caused by water pollution remains a major concern.

'Catcoon' rescued after living in Kohl's store, eating shoe boxes for weeks

"He would sneak in and out of our cat traps and get the food without tripping the mechanism. Clever little guy!" the sheriff's office said of the sneaky ringtail cat, which is a member of the raccoon family.

Russia to replace crew capsule at space station after coolant leak

Russian space corporation Roscosmos said Wednesday that it will launch a new spacecraft to take some of the International Space Station's crew back to Earth after their capsule was damaged and leaked coolant.

Shark abuse would be punishable offense under new Indian Harbour Beach ordinance

After a video surfaced late last year that authorities said appeared to show a man beating a shark with a hammer, one Florida community is making it clear they have no tolerance for such actions.

Manatee raising rare twin calves at Blue Spring State Park
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Researchers have confirmed a manatee mother is raising twin calves at Blue Spring State Park. Manatee twins are incredibly rare, they said. The Save the Manatee Club has been tracking their mother, Estelle, and her visits to Blue Spring since 2019. Both calves are In good health.

Invasive iguanas may be adapting to cold in Florida
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When it gets cold in South Florida, the National Weather Service will often issue warnings about falling iguanas. Ongoing research suggests Florida?s falling iguana phenomenon could be rarer in the future ? both due to climbing global temperatures from unchecked climate change and a shift in cold hardiness in the lizards themselves.

Ozone hole should fully mend by 2066, UN says

A United Nations scientific report says Earth's protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing.

Invasive iguanas may be adapting to cold in Florida

When a cold front comes to Florida, both the temperatures and the iguanas drop. But researchers say the Sunshine State's falling iguana phenomenon could become rarer in the future because the invasive lizards appear to be adapting to the cold — and that means they could move further north as well.

Bright green comet may become visible to naked eye later this month

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) hasn’t come so close to Earth since the last ice age, experts say. Here’s how you may be able to see it later this month.

Old NASA satellite falls harmlessly from sky off Alaska coast

After almost 40 years circling Earth, a retired NASA science satellite plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere off the coast of Alaska, NASA reported Monday.