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Florida Opens Criminal Probe Into Sloth World After Dozens of Animal Deaths

Most of the wild sloths imported by a planned tourist attraction in Orlando did not survive.

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price

The Central Florida Zoo announced Wednesday that Bandit, a sloth transferred from Sloth World, had died. Credit: Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens
People walk near the front entrance to Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades on April 22. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

In Florida, Alligator Alcatraz Remains Open Among Sacred Miccosukee Lands

By Amy Green

People walk through as flooded street as they evacuate during a storm on June 12, 2024, in Hollywood, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Trump’s Environmental Cuts Further Marginalize Vulnerable Communities

By Amy Green

After Mass Deaths at ‘Sloth World,’ 13 Surviving Animals Are Transferred to a Florida Zoo

By Kiley Price, Katie Surma

A utility worker with Florida Power & Light services a transformer in Punta Gorda, Fla., on Oct. 12, 2024. Credit: Thomas O'Neill/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Florida Electricity Shutoffs Rank Among Nation’s Highest

By Amy Green

An aerial view of urban sprawl nestled next to protected wetlands on the fringes of Everglades National Park in Miami Dade County, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Pollution Persists in the Florida Everglades Despite 40-Year Restoration Effort, Report Says

By Amy Green

A wild male three-fingered sloth climbs a tree in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Credit: Sam Trull

At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, Wild Sloths Have Died by the Dozens

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price

Utility workers repair power lines after Hurricane Milton passed through the area on Oct. 12, 2024, in Englewood, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Florida Power & Light Profit Margins Top Other Utilities’ Nationwide, Report Says

By Amy Green

High voltage power lines run through a sub-station along the power grid in Miami on Jan. 14. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Legislation Aims to Protect Floridians From Data Center Costs, but Will It?

By Amy Green

A National Park Service ranger conducts a walking tour through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park on April 17, 2025. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Everglades Restoration Also Helps Save the Planet from Climate Change, Study Finds

By Amy Green

A Florida panther is seen at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: George Gentry/USFWS

Amid Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Like the Florida Panther Languish

By Amy Green

An aerial view of the migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Documents Raise New Concerns Over Alligator Alcatraz’s Air and Climate Pollution

By Amy Green

Morgan Harper, a community organizer and former U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at a protest in January outside the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in Columbus, urging officials to reject a rate increase from the local utility. Credit: George Shillcock/WOSU

Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle

A wood stork carries fresh nesting material across the Wakodahatchee Wetlands on Jan. 21 in Delray Beach, Fla. Credit: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Trump Administration to Finalize Protections for 11 South Florida Plants and Animals

By Amy Green

In Huntington Beach, California, a bird perches on a contamination containment boom in October 2021 as workers cleanup the Talbert Marsh after a spill off the coast of Huntington Beach threatens wildlife. Credit: Mindy Schauer/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills

By Teresa Tomassoni

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on April 10, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Jon Raedle via Getty Images

In Florida, Questions Surround the State’s Attempt to Expand Its Role in Everglades Restoration

By Amy Green

A construction worker discards debris from the roof of a restaurant damaged during a storm ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall on Oct. 14, 2024, in Fort Myers, Fla. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Hurricane-Prone Florida, Legislators Reconsider New Growth and Development Law

By Amy Green

Shedd Aquarium scientist Andy Kough measures a queen conch at a survey site near Port Everglades. Credit: Aubri Keith

Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida

By Teresa Tomassoni

An airboat takes tourists on a tour of the Florida Everglades near Sawgrass Recreation Park in Weston, Fla., on Nov. 12. Credit: Jose Iglesias/Miami Herald

Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms

By Amy Green

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