One of the largest flocks of American flamingos in the last decade was spotted in the Everglades recently, the South Florida Water Management District said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

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

The Archdiocese of Miami is condemning Florida’s controversial migrant detention facility — dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — calling it “unbecoming of public officials” and “corrosive of the common good.

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.

Miami-Dade County Mayor wants monitoring authority over Florida's new Everglades immigrant detention center

It stretches for roughly 1,200 miles from Texas to Florida where it ends at the Everglades, 2 million acres of wetlands across central and south Florida. RELATED: The Americas Takes Viewers to the Graveyard of the Atlantic, One of Earth's Coolest Places ...

As detainees move into Alligator Alcatraz, the criticism continues from people opposed to the detention facility for undocumented immigrants.

"There's a lot of really high-quality habitat in both of these regions of the state." Florida reverses course on critical $200 million project in the Everglades: 'It's very important funding' first appeared on The Cool Down.