Deep in the hazardous and ecologically fragile Everglades, hundreds of migrants are confined in cages in a makeshift tent detention facility Florida’s Republican governor calls “safe and secure” and Democratic lawmakers call “inhumane.

Florida lawmakers got their first tour of the new migrant detention facility in the Everglades called Alligator Alcatraz.Democratic lawmakers had been asking for a tour for weeks after detainees claimed there were "inhumane" conditions inside the facility.

One of the largest flocks of flamingos in a decade was recently spotted in the Everglades by avian ecologist and restoration scientist Mark Cook.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the American flamingo is one of the largest species of flamingo and averages some 5 feet tall. A survey conducted in 2024, spotted around 100 American flamingos in the wild around the Sunshine State.

Florida Python Challenge begins July 11, bringing hunters to the Everglades to remove invasive Burmese pythons that threaten native wildlife in south Florida's ecosystem.

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 will award $25,000 in prizes, with the top prize being $10,000. The competition is being organized in conjunction with the South Florida Water Management District, and interested parties can register at FLPythonChallenge.org.

Archbishop Thomas Wenski criticized the remote location of the detention site called "Alligator Alcatraz" and the rhetoric surrounding it.