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More than 50 Sloths Died at a Florida Wildlife Attraction. Officials Say No Crime Occurred.

The investigation details emaciated, dehydrated animals and concerns about Sloth World’s operations, but concluded there was no evidence of criminal neglect or abuse.

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price

A sloth named Willow was one of five transferred from Sloth World to the Central Florida Zoo that later died. Credit: Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens
A man moves a chair in Tampa, Fla., as people remove debris and clean their homes after flooding caused by Hurricane Milton on Oct. 11, 2024. Credit: Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

Climate Change Reshuffles Where People Are Moving in Florida

By Mike Schneider

Farmworkers weed a bell pepper field during a heat wave, in Camarillo, Calif., on July 3 2024. Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

As Temperatures Get Hotter, Pesticides Are More Dangerous to Farmworkers

By Amy Green

A dragline excavator operates in an open-pit phosphate mine in Florida in 1958. Credit: D.C. Crawford/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Florida Makes It Harder for Residents Living on Radioactive Soil From Former Phosphate Mines to Sue

By Lisa Spear

Belle Glade residents receive food and water in the wake of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 13, 2017. Credit: Brian Blanco/Getty Images

In Florida, Being Poor Isn’t Enough to Qualify for the Best Water Aid

By Kate Waxman

FEMA workers monitor a winter storm in the National Response Coordination Center on Jan. 24 at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

FEMA Downsizing Exacerbates Longstanding Problems, Imperils Disaster Response, Federal Watchdog Says

By Amy Green, Kate Waxman

Migrant children who have been separated from their families are seen at the detention center in Homestead, Fla., on June 28, 2019. Credit: Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images

Child Migrants Exposed to Toxic Contamination at Florida Detention Site

By Amy Green

The radioactive phosphogypsum stack sits next to the community of Progress Village in Florida. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

A Radioactive Waste Stack Looms Beside a Segregation-Era Community—and It’s Expanding

By Amy Green

Aliza Karim from Miami Waterkeepers tests the water quality in the Little River on October 26, 2023, in Miami Dade County, Flordia. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Most Florida Waterways Fail Water Quality Standards as Enforcement Lags

By Madeline Shaw

People work on a farm during a heat wave in Homestead, Fla., on July 15, 2023. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

OSHA Proposed Heat Protections for Workers. Two Years Later, They’re Still Not Final.

By Amy Green

A view of Tampa Electric’s coal-fired Big Bend power station in Apollo Beach, Fla. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

The Floridians Most Exposed to Environmental Harm Carry the Most Dread About It, and Have the Least Help

By Kate Waxman

Tanner Mansell hand-feeds a bull shark off of the coast of Jupiter, Fla. Credit: Danny Lomas

A Shark-Feeding Ban Exposes a Deeper Fight Over Florida’s Changing Seas

By Kate Waxman

A farmworker tends to a farm in Homestead, Fla., on April 25, 2025. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

The Dire Lengths Florida Farmworkers Go to Keep Working in ‘Scorching’ Heat

By Amy Green

Ben Brown participates in a rally opposing a hyperscale AI data center proposed in western Palm Beach County on June 27. Credit: Kate Waxman/Inside Climate News

An AI Data Center at the Edge of the Everglades Heads to a Decisive Vote

By Kate Waxman

A view of the Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant in Orlando, Fla. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Grassroots Justice Group Challenges Trump Administration Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running

By Amy Green

A sloth named Chewie is one of the few survivors transferred from Sloth World. Credit: Central Florida Zoo

Florida Regulators Stood by as Dozens of Sloths Died, New Records Reveal

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price

A Freedom 250 banner celebrating America’s 250th birthday hangs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture building on June 2 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

As America Celebrates 250th, Murkiness Surrounds Trump-Backed Planning Fund

By Amy Green

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on June 25. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies

By Amy Green

A bus pulls out from the entrance of Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades on June 1. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Detainees Moved Out of Alligator Alcatraz, ICE Confirms

By Amy Green

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