Florida will not issue a statewide fireworks ban for July 4, though eight counties currently have local burn bans in place.

Get ready, South Texas: Hazy skies and worsening air quality could prompt allergy flare-ups over the next week, but it won’t be because of grass, mold, or mountain cedar pollen. Instead, dust is ...

Naples, a city along the southwest coast of Florida, is plagued by one of the most capable creepy predators on the planet. The situation is dire from an ecological perspective. For years, hunters, ...

Saharan dust from Africa is carried by trade winds to Southwest Florida during the summer. The dust can create hazy skies and beautiful sunsets while making conditions warmer and drier. This dry, ...

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...

A slice of the rare angrite meteorite NWA 12774 shows olivine crystal (green), a mineral rich in magnesium. John Kashuba A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite found in the Sahara Desert could be evidence ...

Enormous plumes of dust travel thousands of miles from the Sahara Desert across the Atlantic each year. The weather phenomena, known as the Saharan dust layer, often reaches Tennessee. Large plumes of ...

Forty-nine people died of thirst in the Sahara Desert after their truck broke down in a remote area near the borders of Niger, Mali and Algeria, regional authorities in Agadez, Niger, PEOPLE reports.

What was supposed to be a joyous journey home for a major holiday turned into an unimaginable nightmare in the Sahara Desert. Nearly 50 travelers died of extreme thirst in the Sahara Desert after the ...

The local government called the tragic scene "particularly distressing" Gouvernorat d'Agadez/Facebook Nearly 50 people died of thirst after a truck carrying about 100 travelers became stranded in a ...