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Miami New Times - Environment

Run a 5K at the Site of a Former Doral Landfill

5 days ago

Are Miami Beach Iguana Patrols Killing Humanely?

7 days ago

What Miami Red Flag Warning Means Amid Florida Brush Fires -- By Naomi Feinstein -- Firefighters are still working to contain the brush fire in Southwest Miami-Dade County.

5 days ago

New Times Predicts Miami Will See the Lunar Eclipse on Thursday Night -- By Tom Finkel -- Tonight, March 13, brings a spectacular celestial show: A total lunar eclipse, AKA Blood Moon.

9 days ago

Here's a List of South Florida Federal Offices DOGE Plans to Close -- By Alex DeLuca -- The department wants to shutter offices focused on protecting the Everglades and Biscayne Bay National Park.

11 days ago

How Many Workers Has Everglades National Park Lost Under DOGE? -- By Alex DeLuca -- More than a dozen Everglades National Park workers have lost their jobs thanks to Elon Musk's DOGE.

19 days ago

Miamians, For the Love of God, Please Don't Light Outdoor Fires Today -- By Alex DeLuca -- Time to postpone that pyrotechnic gender-reveal party.

20 days ago

Man Arrested for Injuring Great White Heron With Rock at Bill Baggs Park -- By Natasha Yee -- The FWC arrested 34-year-old Edgar Estuardo Valenzuela for offenses involving harm to federally protected wildlife.

21 days ago

Debris Free Oceans Cleanup Doubles as a Mixer for Local Singles -- By Asha Elias -- The meetup is open to singles 21 and over, especially "baddies in the streets and neat freaks on the beach."

25 days ago

"Horrific": FWC Searching for Man Who Injured Great White Heron With Rock at Miami Park -- By Alex DeLuca -- The FWC asks that anyone who witnessed the incident call the Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC.

1 month ago

Miami Residents Speak Up for the Trees, Against City Ordinance as Vote Is Delayed Again -- By Alex DeLuca -- The proposed ordinance would make it easier for developers to chop down trees.

1 month ago

Miami Scientologist Grant Cardone Discounts Climate Change as His Malibu Home Burns -- By Alex DeLuca -- "California Fires will be blamed on climate change but do NOT believe it," Cardone wrote on X.

2 months ago

Temps Will Drop Into the 40s This Week, and Iguanas Will Fall From Trees -- By Zulekha Pitts -- When temperatures drop in Miami, so do iguanas — often from significant heights.

2 months ago

What Lies Beneath: 35 Miami Buildings Are Sinking — Is Yours One of Them? -- By Zulekha Pitts -- Miami isn't built on solid ground — it's more like a giant sponge of limestone and sand.

2 months ago

Where to See Manatees in Miami During Winter: A List -- By Alex DeLuca -- Hoping to spot a manatee in Miami and having no luck? You might just be looking in the wrong places!

2 months ago

Will Miami Be a New Atlantis? Map Shows 2050 South Florida Sea Level Rise, Flood Risks -- By Zulekha Pitts -- South Florida's future looks soggy as rising sea levels threaten Vizcaya, Belle Meade, and FIU Biscayne Bay by 2050.

3 months ago

The ReefLine Will Create a Coral Reef Out of Sunken Art -- By Douglas Markowitz -- The ReefLine blends art with ocean conservation, building a new "hybrid reef" just 600 feet off the coast of Miami Beach.

3 months ago

Sunday Earthquake Shakes Miami as Shockwaves From Cuba Rattle Local High-Rises -- By Zulekha Pitts -- Miami felt a rumble from a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck off the southern coast of Cuba on November 10.

3 months ago

Big Birds: Outsize Palm Beach Public Art Installation Urges Us to Think Outside the Ballot Box -- By Zulekha Pitts -- A bold West Palm Beach art installation featuring giant flamingos urges Florida voters to consider the larger implications.

3 months ago

How Did Florida Manatees Wind Up All the Way in North Carolina? -- By Alex DeLuca -- Summer migrations can take the beloved mammals as far north as the waters off Massachusetts.

4 months ago

Photo Shows Turtle Hitching Ride on Manatee at Florida Park -- By Alex DeLuca -- Save a horse, ride a manatee — or however it is the saying goes.

4 months ago

Timelapse of Hurricane Milton Approaching Florida Shared From Space Station -- By Zulekha Pitts -- Astronaut Matthew Dominick shares a jaw-dropping timelapse of Hurricane Milton from space as the storm heads toward Florida.

5 months ago