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Covers:  environment, outdoors, nature, travel, food, drink, fishing, adventure travel, profiles, conservation, climate, personal essay, design, the relationship between nature and human delight.
Doesn't Cover: Finance, economics
Author of forthcoming “The Serpent and the South;” environmental editor at Sun Sentinel, previous EIC at American Way. billkearneymedia.com

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Florida is the lightning capital of the nation. Here’s how to stay safe from strikes

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By Bill Kearney Verified
| Orlando Sentinel Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... South Florida is in the heart of rainy season, and that means plenty of storm — as well as more lightning. A lot more. Florida consistently leads the nation in lightning strike density, as in strikes per square mile, meteorologists say. And the state also has had the most lightning deaths over nearly a decade, with 51 between 2016 and 2025, according to the National Lightning Safety Council.
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South Florida coyotes are now feasting on iguanas and peacocks, study finds Original

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By Bill Kearney Verified
| South Florida Sun Sentinel Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Mark Kraus came across copious amounts of coyote poop on the trails of Montgomery Botanical Center, south of Miami, he couldn’t help but start dissecting it. Kraus, a retired chair of the natural sciences department at Miami-Dade College, was particularly curious about coyote survival because they’re from the Great Plains, but have been thriving in South Florida suburbia for the past 15 years, changing the ecology.
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Heat and thunderstorms in South Florida dominate days leading up to July Fourth

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By Bill Kearney Verified
| South Florida Sun Sentinel Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The weather this week will be dominated by heat and slow-moving thunderstorms in the afternoons and evenings that could dump large amounts of rain in one area. Moisture will move into the area on Tuesday, upping the chances of afternoon rain to 30%-50% along the coast and 60%-70%. Thunderstorms will be slow-moving or even stationary in some areas, bringing an increased risk of flooding. Some storms could produce hail, strong winds and intense lightning.
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