Make no mistake about it, the war is on. The Florida Keys‘ battle with an invasive species of giant, cat-sized rats is in full swing. On Grassy Key, a slew of Gambian giant-pouched rats, originally bred and released by a local resident, have been circumventing the efforts of conservation officials who have been trying to [...]

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Jenny Hausch got the shock of her life when a 300-pound eagle ray jumped out of the water and into her boat in the Florida Keys last week, pinning her to the deck. It’s the “scariest thing” that’s ever happened to her, she said. Hausch was out on the water with her husband and three [...]

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Crews are preparing to “Sink the Vandenberg.”  The decommissioned ship is set to be sunk on Wednesday, seven miles off the coast of Key West, Florida.  It will become one of the biggest man-made reefs in the world. Explosives attached to the hull of the U.S.S. Hoyt S. Vandenberg will be detonated to, allowing the [...]

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