By Wylie Saviello From the most devastating hurricanes the nation has seen in years to record-breaking snowfall in Northeast Florida, 2024 and 2025 have seen extreme weather. After such wild events, some wonder if the weather’s severity may be due to bigger factors, like global…
By Emily Braunstein Living in Florida means coexisting with marine life. But the University of Florida’s Whitney laboratory for Marine Bioscience is doing more than coexisting—they are innovating. Before the Whitney Lab in Marineland, Florida, there was no solutions to the sick or displaced sea…
By Sophia Cardona Bill Armstrong has been part of the Sierra Club, a national environmental conservation organization, for approximately 16 years. He has dedicated himself to creating a better future by fighting against the climate crisis. In this video, he shares how the Sierra Club…
By Emily Braunstein The University of Florida’s Whitney laboratory for Marine Bioscience is advocating for marine life through education. They provide hands-on science education for K-12, undergraduate, graduate and doctorate students. Nearly 4,000 K-12 students were involved in Whitney’s science programs last year. The Whitney…
By Abby Wahl As far back as I can remember, bats have been my favorite animal. The environmental importance of the creature as well as their curiosity and aloofness drew me in, despite their portrayals in modern media as being evil sidekicks or omens of…
By Zoey Nettles Over 41,000 sea turtle hatchlings were reported to have emerged across St. Johns County beaches this year. With sea turtle numbers rising, the conservation of these animals is a trending subject. St. Augustine’s Sea Turtle Hospital has been conducting research and raising…
By Myka Evenhouse Boat strikes injure and kill thousands of marine organisms every year. The most vulnerable are the larger well-known animals such as green sea turtles. Juvenile green sea turtles come to the Intracoastal of Saint Augustine in large numbers to feed. The increase…
By Zoe Sherman There is a not-so-new invasive species crawling the streets of St. Augustine, slowly deteriorating the city’s beauty: litterbugs. Florida is the nation’s third-highest generator of plastic waste. The state produces more plastic waste than the current recycling system can process, according to…
By Holly Hearn “Welcome to… the real Florida.” That’s what a sign read as I drove into Anastasia State Park for the first time on Sept. 7. The sign was right— there were no overdone, eye-catching attractions in sight, like there are in more well-known…
By Alena Burns | gargoyle@flagler.edu The Kookaburra uses hay straws to combat the ban, while Starbucks offers reusable cups. When a video of a turtle choking on a plastic straw went viral in June of 2018, people started to take action. Single-use plastic has been…