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Black bear spotted in downtown Orlando, hanging out in a tree at Lake Eola
OPD and FWC worked together to capture the bear
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay says it’s working with law enforcement after influencer jumps into alligator exhibit
‘Another wild Karen, crikey,’ Pursifull says while guests can be heard asking him to exit the exhibit
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Florida MMA fighter captures 10-foot alligator near elementary school
‘I felt like Batman, for real, you know.’
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New survey finds that a lot of Floridians don’t care much for hurricane prepping or evacuations
Disquieting news on the week that hurricane season kicks off
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Giant seaweed blob heading for Florida could contain flesh-eating bacteria
Researchers have called the sargassum chonk the ‘perfect pathogen storm’
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Hurricane Ian leaves lessons learned ahead of 2023’s ‘near normal’ storm season
Emergency-management officials believe they must do more to communicate the risks of approaching storms
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Florida man loses arm to 10-foot alligator while peeing behind a bar
The gator bit off his right arm just above the elbow
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Tampa Bay’s Caladesi Island State Park is once again among nation’s best beaches, according to Dr. Beach
This year, only two Florida spots made the cut
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One smashed armadillo shut down Orlando International Airport for an hour
There was only one working runway for about 20 minutes
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Florida loves turtles so much these drivers risked death to protect one
The multi-vehicle highway pileup was caused by one truck stopping dead for a turtle crossing the road
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Florida 13-year-old girl punches shark to escape attack at Fort Pierce Beach
She believes it was a 5 to 6-foot bull shark
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Florida’s citrus industry expected to yield smallest orange crop in nearly 90 years
The industry has battled for two decades against deadly citrus greening disease and development pressures
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Florida bill that allows use of radioactive toxic waste for roads heads to Gov. DeSantis
The bill would allow the Department of Transportation to move forward with demonstration projects that include phosphogypsum in aggregate materials in road construction
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill to push $200 million to expand Florida wildlife corridor
The corridor is envisioned as connecting 18 million acres of land from the Florida Keys to the Panhandle
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Gesundheit! Orlando ranks among top 10 worst cities for allergies
Warm weather and lack of rain this year point to an even stronger showing for Orlando in 2023
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Lake Eola’s missing swan babies were actually swiped by raccoons
The swan saga comes to an unpleasant end
