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By Brendan Rivers Sea level rise and other effects of climate change are now adding to the list of challenges facing some of Florida’s smallest residents: rare birds. On the St. Marys River in Northeast Florida, just a stone’s throw from the Georgia border in Yulee, the nonprofit White Oak Conservation Foundation is breeding and researching wildlife. You were introduced to some of its residents if you watched the last season of Game of Thrones — though you wouldn’t have

By Brendan Rivers Communities across Florida are already grappling with aging septic tanks, which leak into groundwater and are considered a leading cause of toxic algae blooms. As sea level rise is expected to worsen that situation, the state and cities are beginning to tackle the expensive task of converting septic systems to sewer or newer septic technologies. It’s no small challenge. Floridians are estimated to be using 2.6 million septic systems, most of them the conventional variety with two

By Geoff Brumfiel, NPR Carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. are on the rise again after several years of decline, and a booming economy is the cause.…

Florida legislators are attempting to decrease human trafficking in the state, this time by tightening measures on massage establishments.

20-year-old suspected Parkland School shooter Nikolas Cruz appeared in court for a status hearing. That and more in 90 seconds.

For three hours, elected officials and members of the public fought over speaking time and decorum.

Sunday marked the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. As WUFT-FM's Sanika Dange reports, a variety of…

Police Are Investigating A Shooting At A Veterans Hospital in West Palm Beach, FL. That and more in 90 seconds.

A report sent to state officials Thursday recommended standardizing how schools train employees to deal with students’ traumas after finding major disparities between districts.

Local substance abuse counselor gives decades of service to addicts. -- News from North Central Florida's public media stations on http://WUFT.org , 89.1 FM & Florida's 5.