Just don’t call it the Energizer bunny.   Researchers at the University of Florida have outfitted 40 furry, fake toy rabbits with motors and tiny heaters that work together to mimic the movements and body temperature of a marsh rabbit ‒ a favorite python meal.

It seems that the DeSantis administration just pulled more than a dozen contracts tied to the Everglades Immigration Detention facility from a public database of state contracts. These contracts total more than $200 million in taxpayer spending, and they are public records.

Immigrants’ rights advocates today sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process

The Everglades are crucial in so many ways. Scientists make surprising discovery that could impact future of Florida Everglades: 'Predictions look very different' first appeared on The Cool Down.

An immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed by officials as “Alligator Alcatraz” is expected to be hit by lightning and heavy winds on Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – because Mother Nature will provide much of the security.

The Tallahassee and Washington politicians ramrodding a mass detention center into this part of the Everglades are ignoring these realities. They have lost touch with the citizens who cherish this place, who recognize its connection to Florida’s public ...

Due to the attention of Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center in the Florida Everglades, many may be wondering about the gator population here.

Two people keenly familiar with the Everglades are on a mission to blunt to image stoked by the name Alligator Alcatraz