"Top politicians’ and many everyday citizens’ mirth toward 'Alligator Alcatraz' shows that the law-and-order discourse about ...

Everglades facility is already targeted by lawsuits from environmental groups who say DeSantis overstepped authority to speed ...

While wealthy coastal counties bear the brunt of landfalling storms, poor residents in inland counties are navigating an even ...

A new poll has found that almost half of Americans disapprove of the new “Alligator Alcatraz” set up in the Florida ...

President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are ignoring how vital the Everglades are to Florida's public health and ...

Below the sparkling, turquoise waters of Florida Bay are plants that don’t always get the credit they deserve. South ...

Scientists have discovered that changes in climate and water levels are reducing the ability of some ecosystems in the ...

Floridians, rejoice: there are updates to be shared as Governor DeSantis plans to restore parts of the Florida Everglades.

Though construction and development have diminished the Everglades to half their original size, South Florida is still ...

Nation & World News What to know about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Florida’s immigration detention site in Everglades Published: Jun. 24, 2025, 9:08 p.m.

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 Everglades is a 7,800 square mile area of wetlands in South Florida, vitally important to drainage and water management in the state, as well as home to thousands of species of flora and fauna.