Jenny Staletovich

2 weeks ago | kbindependent.org | Jenny Staletovich

Another three endangered sawfish have turned up dead this spring as scientists continue to investigate toxic algae they suspect is killing the fish, bringing the total to nine this year. Last week, three sick smalltooth sawfish grounded themselves in shallow waters around the Florida Keys. One died, said Florida Wildlife Research Institute biologist Tom Matthews. Since December, state wildlife biologists had received 50 reports as of mid-April for sightings of the rare fish in distress.

2 weeks ago | wusf.org | Jenny Staletovich

Another three endangered sawfish have turned up dead this spring as scientists continue to investigate toxic algae they suspect is killing the fish, bringing the total to nine this year. Last week, three sick smalltooth sawfish grounded themselves in shallow waters around the Florida Keys. One died, said Florida Wildlife Research Institute biologist Tom Matthews. Since December, state wildlife biologists had received 50 reports as of mid April for sightings of the rare fish in distress.

2 weeks ago | wlrn.org | Jenny Staletovich

Another three endangered sawfish have turned up dead this spring as scientists continue to investigate toxic algae they suspect is killing the fish, bringing the total to nine this year. Last week, three sick smalltooth sawfish grounded themselves in shallow waters around the Florida Keys. One died, said Florida Wildlife Research Institute biologist Tom Matthews. Since December, state wildlife biologists had received 50 reports as of mid April for sightings of the rare fish in distress.

2 weeks ago | wlrn.org | Jenny Staletovich

A Florida Keys judge threw a surprising lifeline to a mentally ill man facing life in prison for killing his younger brother as he slept in his bed nearly five years ago. Instead, Monroe County Judge Mark Jones sentenced Daniel Weisberger, now 22, this week to a minimum of two years in a Miami-Dade residential mental health facility, 40 years probation and time served for the years he spent awaiting trial after the gruesome 2020 killing committed when he was 17.

3 weeks ago | wlrn.org | Jenny Staletovich

Federal wildlife managers unveiled plans last week to revise rules for the Endangered Species Act. Conservationists warn that could hasten extinction for many. Under the change, the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service would no longer consider the potential damage to a species’ habitat when deciding whether to allow activities like drilling or construction. Loss of habitat is the main cause many species become endangered.