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Disease putting Florida’s palm trees at risk

The beautiful palm trees you see in your neighborhood could be gone soon, WFTV reports. A plant disease called Fusarium is spreading in central Florida and “there is no turning back,” horticultural experts tell WPTV. The disease affects specific species of trees called the Washingtonia palm and the queen palm and spreads easily through the […]

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WATCH: Gigantic 100-pound beehive removed from Florida tree

A gigantic beehive, swarming with thousands of bees, was removed from a tree at a family’s home in Orlando, Florida. The bees were relocated elsewhere and the hive was melted down, according to ABC News. A beekeeper said that as many as 80,000 bees were housed in the mammoth hive. Read more here: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1883670-watch-gigantic-100-pound-beehive-removed-from-florida-tree/

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From a rare Florida tree, genes to regrow forest of ancient giants

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – An experiment in regrowing forests of the world’s oldest trees led environmentalists this week to climb a nine-story tall, 2,000-year-old cypress in central Florida known as Lady Liberty. After plucking cuttings from her crown, climbers packed them on ice and shipped the specimens overnight to the nonprofit Archangel Ancient Tree Archive’s

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Florida runner mistakes snake for tree branch

A Florida resident was running at Robinson Preserve Park, in Bradenton, when they thought they saw a fallen tree branch. After a second look, the runner discovered the branch was actually a boa constrictor and notified park officials. The officials called Wildlife Inc., which sent two workers to capture the 100-pound red-tailed boa. The snake’s demeanor

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7-ton tree crashes into South Tampa home

There was some wild weather during Friday’s thunderstorm that proved to be dangerous in some areas. In South Tampa along San Juan Street, a huge tree came crashing through an engaged couple’s home. The home David Kahn shares with his fiancée was a mess Friday afternoon. Read more here: http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/2016/01/22/7-ton-tree-crashes-into-south-tampa-home/79188586/

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Rare video shows hungry manatee eating from tree at Three Sisters Springs

CRYSTAL RIVER — Volunteer Kathy Lemmer was telling a group of onlookers last month about Three Sisters Springs, explaining its hydrology and history with manatees, when one of the lumbering oafs emerged from the warm springs waters, lips flapping wide, and started munching on a tree. Read more here: http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wildlife/rare-video-shows-hungry-manatee-eating-from-tree-at-three-sisters-springs/2265024

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Tampa Bay feeling the symptoms of an intense allergy season

Sneezing? Coughing? Feeling a slight tickle in your throat? There’s a reason: Tree pollen is upon us. The Tampa Bay region is in the midst of a “very severe” allergy season, said Dr. Richard Lockey, an allergist and distinguished health professor at the University of South Florida. “People are having all sorts of problems,” he

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Florida citrus growers: 80 percent of trees infected by greening

Florida’s citrus growers say as much as 90 percent of their acreage and 80 percent of their trees are infected by the deadly greening disease, which is making a huge dent in the state’s $10.7 billion citrus industry, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences survey shows. The survey, conducted in

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