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What's the Deal With the Tech Bro Taking on a Threatened Florida Bird?
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (1040+ words) Last Call! Just a Few Days Left to Support Our Spring Membership Campaign Found almost exclusively in the scrub and scrubby flatwoods of Florida, the Florida scrub Jay is the only bird species endemic to the Sunshine State " meaning, it…...
Vulnerable Swallow-Tailed Kites Finish 5 K-Mile Migration to Palm Beach
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (370+ words) You Ask, We Answer: Introducing the Weekly WTF Biologists and birders are celebrating the successful return of a pair of vulnerable swallow-tailed kites from their annual migration to South America. FWC describes the sight of the bird as unforgettable: "a…...
Meet the Everglades Biologist Inspiring Future Scientists
3+ week, 1+ day ago (553+ words) Barbie Dream Fest Is Going Viral for All the Wrong Reasons Jordon King has only lived in South Florida for four years, but he already knows more about the Everglades than many who've lived here their whole lives. "When I…...
Commentary: Bearing Witness to the'Devastation of Florida Keys Coral Reefs
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (711+ words) Trump to Speak at Saudi Investment Summit in Miami Beach In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had…...
Watch: Great White Heron Soars Free in Miami After Recovering from Rock Attack
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (366+ words) Immigration Officials Detained 9-Year-Old at MIA En Route to Disney Nearly three months after being injured by a man who hurled a rock at it in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, a Great White Heron has been released back…...
Keys Rep. Aims to Make Flamingo the Florida State Bird
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (189+ words) Miami New Times Is Hiring an Editor-in-Chief to Lead Our Newsroom A local lawmaker is looking to kill the mockingbird as Florida's official state bird and replace it with the flamingo. "It's unbelievable how this has taken on a life…...
Choose Yer Gobbler: Which Miami Neighborhood Has the Boldest Chickens?
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (317+ words) If you've ever woken up in Little Havana, you've likely heard roosters heralding the sunrise like they owned the place. In fact, those feathered locals might just be Miami's most audacious residents, and that is saying a lot. Wild roosters,…...
Readers React to Rare Yellow Cardinal Sighting. And, No, You Probably Have Not Seen One
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (433+ words) The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week Last week, New Times reported on the sighting of a rare yellow cardinal in Coral Springs. Though they've been spotted at least once annually for the past few years, the odds…...
Photo: One-in-a-Million Yellow Cardinal Seen in South Florida
6+ mon, 9+ hour ago (462+ words) What to Know: These Grocery Stores Don't Allow Open Carry But when Coral Springs resident Dyane Oliva spotted a cardinal-shaped "little yellow blob" in the grass while weeding in her backyard on Sunday, October 19, she knew something was off. "I…...