native species /tags/native-species native species en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why /environment/2025-10-15/flamingos-are-making-a-home-in-florida-again-after-100-years-an-ecologist-explains-why Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds across a wide swath of the eastern United States, from Florida’s Gulf Coast all the way up to Wisconsin and east to Pennsylvania. Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT /environment/2025-10-15/flamingos-are-making-a-home-in-florida-again-after-100-years-an-ecologist-explains-why Jerome Lorenz | The Conversation Replace-me-not: Native Florida plants struggle to take hold amid invasive species in man-made ecosystems /environment/2025-07-16/replace-me-not-native-florida-plants-struggle-to-take-hold-amid-invasive-species-in-man-made-ecosystems Growing native plants and eradicating invasive ones is a challenging part of restoration projects. Even when done well, artificial sites don’t perfectly replicate nature. Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:28:00 GMT /environment/2025-07-16/replace-me-not-native-florida-plants-struggle-to-take-hold-amid-invasive-species-in-man-made-ecosystems Rose Schnabel | WUFT News Nine Awesome Everglades Animals (Aside From The Alligator) /science/2013-04-12/nine-awesome-everglades-animals-aside-from-the-alligator Is there any animal more closely associated with the Everglades than the American alligator? OK, the Burmese python has been the 'glades press "darling"… Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:01:00 GMT /science/2013-04-12/nine-awesome-everglades-animals-aside-from-the-alligator