Oviedo’s Lukas Nursery is expanding its Butterfly Encounter into a larger, climate‑controlled conservatory and adding a learning center as Slavia Road is widened.

A newborn dolphin calf was hurt after a boat sped through a pod near Merritt Island; Hubbs‑SeaWorld and state officers searched the canal and asked the public to report sightings.

A 31-year-old woman was hospitalized after an alligator bite in the Little Big Econ River near Geneva; FWC and local authorities responded to the scene.