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  1. Florida officials approve $79 million in conservation land buys, including near Green Swamp
    Yesterday• Environment
    Sandhill cranes in an area of the Green Swamp in Polk County that is similar to a tract preserved Thursday under the Florida Forever program. [Photo courtesy Doug DeNeve]
  2. Florida children’s climate lawsuit against state leaders set for key hearing Monday
    Yesterday• Environment
    Left to right: Isaac Augspurg, 14; Levi Draheim, 12; Delaney Reynolds, 20; Valholly Frank, 17. They are part of a lawsuit challenging Florida leaders over climate policy. [Mary Ellen Klas | Times/Herald]
  3. PolitiFact Florida: Reopened Florida beach leads to more trash
    May 22• Health
    Families visit Madiera Beach as thousands of people flock to area beaches during the first weekend public beaches in Pinellas County reopened on May 9. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
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  5. Invasive tegu lizards still creeping out southeast Hillsborough residents
    May 21• Environment
    A black and white Argentine Tegu lizard sticks out its tongue at the Yebo Gogga exhibition at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 2015. [DENIS FARRELL | AP]
  6. Class of 2020 writes essays of hope: ‘Our coastlines do not have to disappear’
    May 20• Education
    Expanding natural defenses against beach erosion, like these sea oats at Honeymoon Island State Park in Dunedin, figures prominently in suggestions from Hillsborough high school seniors in essays they wrote about climate change.
  7. Read the four winning entries in the 2020 Tribune scholars essay contest
    May 20• Education
    Nearly 200 graduating seniors, the top 3 percent of their class, submitted essays for the annual R.F. "Red" Pittman Tribune Scholars contest. A panel of judges selected four winners. [Times (2010)]
  8. Tampa Bay Water files ‘forever chemicals’ lawsuit against DuPont, 3M
    May 19• Environment
    An alligator, bottom, and a great blue heron are seen along the banks of the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir in Lithia in 2018. [CHRIS URSO | Times (2018)]
  9. Scientists find rare Florida blue bee, last spotted in 2016
    May 19• Environment
    A University of Florida researcher has been searching the Lake Wales Ridge for the blue calamintha bee, a species scientists say is unique to one section of Florida. [Chase Kimmel/University of Florida]
  10. Wildfires merge outside Naples; evacuations in place as Alligator Alley shuts down
    May 14• Environment
    A helicopter, carrying a bucket, flies near a brush fire in Golden Gate Estates, Fla., on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Crews worked to contain four brush fires totaling about 400 acres and threatening 30 homes in the Estates. (Jon Austria/Naples Daily News via AP) [JON AUSTRIA/NAPLES DAILY NEWS USA TODAY NETWORK - FLORIDA | AP]
  11. Pollution changes are one reason for more tropical cyclones in Atlantic since 1980, NOAA says
    May 13• Environment
    Boats lay sunk and damaged at the Port St. Joe Marina in the Florida Panhandle as Hurricane Michael made landfall in October 2018. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Tampa Bay Times]
  12. A manatee was rescued on Mother’s Day weekend. Now it’s a mother, too.
    May 13• Environment
    A pregnant manatee is now a mother thanks to a timely rescue this past Mother’s Day weekend at Siesta Key, according to Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium. [Mote Marine Laboratory]
  13. What we know — and don’t know — about how coronavirus will affect Florida’s budget
    May 13• The Buzz
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is seen during a news conference Monday, May 4, 2020. [The Florida Channel]
  14. How Florida slowed coronavirus: Everyone stayed home before they were told to
    May 10• Health
    Aerial view of an empty Clearwater Beach due to COVID-19 closures pictured on April 10. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  15. Firefighters continue battling fires in Florida Panhandle
    May 8• Florida
    Smoke wafts from the smoldering ruins of a home on May 7 in the aftermath of the Five Mile Swamp Fire that is still burning near Milton, Fla. A 2,000 acre fire, now burning since May 4, destroyed 13 homes and prompted residents from 1,100 homes to evacuate earlier this week. Fire crews, some coming from across the state, are hoping that containment lines will keep the fire from threatening more homes. [BOBBY CAINA CALVAN | AP]
  16. The last supermoon of 2020 will rise this week
    May 5• Environment
    A kayaker along with a couple of boaters on Tampa Bay near Bay Vista Park in St. Petersburg take in the celestial light show provided by the "Pink Supermoon" on Tuesday evening, March 7, 2020. Tuesday's Supermoon was the closest that the moon will appear from earth in 2020 with a distance of approximately 221,772 miles (356,907 kilometers) away, according to Space.com. The Pink Moon is named for the pink wildflowerÊPhlox subulata or more commonly known as the wild ground phlox, the creeping phlox, moss phlox and the herb moss pink which blossoms in eastern North America in the early springtime.The moon is also known as the "Paschal Moon" which helps set the date for Easter. The first Sunday after the Paschal Moon is Easter, which is why Easter falls on April 12 this year. [BOYZELL HOSEY | Times]
  17. ‘Murder Hornets’ with a sting that can kill land in United States
    May 4• Nation & World
    In this Dec. 30, 2019, photo provided by the Washington State Department of Agriculture, a dead Asian giant hornet is photographed in a lab in Olympia, Wash. (Quinlyn Baine/Washington State Department of Agriculture via AP) [QUINLYN BAINE | AP]
  18. Air pollution dropped while Florida shut down for the coronavirus, NASA says
    May 2• Environment
    NASA tracked nitrogen dioxide levels above Florida for a month during the coronavirus pandemic. [NASA'S SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO | NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio]
  19. Will coronavirus beach closures help Florida sea turtles?
    May 1• Environment
    Joe Widlansky of St. Petersburg patrols St. Pete Beach for sea turtle nests on Friday. The beaches are reopening right in time for the start of sea turtle nesting season in Pinellas County. That means the benefit of empty beaches, without obstructions or confusing lights, will be over too soon to help the turtles. [SCOTT KEELER | Times]
  20. Tampa Bay area properties at high risk of losing value due to sea level rise, report finds
    Apr. 29• Real Estate
    Aerial drone photo of the neighborhood in Redington Beach. [LUIS SANTANA | Times] [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  21. Water officials signal potential restrictions for Tampa Bay amid drought conditions
    Apr. 28• Environment
    Sprinklers run as the sun rises on a strawberry field in Plant City in 2018. [TAMPA BAY TIMES ARCHIVE | Tampa Bay Times]
  22. Pipe-busting waste called 'fatbergs’ are growing in Tampa during the pandemic
    Apr. 27• Health
    What do you get when people flush non-flushable wipes and pour grease down their drains? A "fatberg." [City of Tampa]
  23. Hillsborough buys 543 acres in Keystone for $11.6 million
    Apr. 27• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough County manages more than 63,000 acres through the Jan K. Platt Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program. Earlier this month, commissioners approved two contracts worth $11.6 million in purchase prices to add 543 acres in northwest Hillsborough to the program. [Times (2014)]
  24. The battle for 100 acres in Pinellas County
    Apr. 25• Pinellas
    A view of the former Tides Golf Club in Seminole looking northwest toward Boca Ciega Bay. The 96-acre course abuts the Millennium Park nature preserve and is the subject of intense debate over the future of green space in Pinellas County. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
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