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  1. More than 200 wildlife crossings traverse Florida's roads, allowing safer passage for animals across the state including the Florida Panther. Cameras stationed at some of these crossings capture wildlife using them, as shown in these photos.
  2. An aerial drone view looking east showing construction cranes and downtown St. Petersburg on Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Petersburg.
  3. View of Tampa Bay from Downtown St. Petersburg.
  4. Just to the east of the protected Withlacoochee State Forest is Cabot Citrus Farms, a luxury Brooksville golf resort. The Florida Cabinet on June 12 quietly approved giving this state forest land to Cabot Citrus in exchange for timberland in Cedar Key. Environmental experts say the state forest land is necessary for conservation, which contrasts the statements made by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  5. Magillan, a 56-year-old chimpanzee, plays with a toy in his enclosure at the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary on July 25 in Palm Harbor.
  6. Max Sansing applies black paint to his mural on Thursday, Oct 19, 2023, at Trinity Lutheran Church, while participating in the SHINE Mural Festival.
  7. Dean Grubbs, the associate director of research at Florida State University's Coastal and Marine Laboratory, wrangles in a shark caught on June 19 in Tampa Bay. Grubbs and team are the first researchers to catch an adult sawfish in the bay. The animal's blood could help solve a mysterious die-off in the Florida Keys.
  8. Ladybug Farm in Odessa, founded by Kris Hedstrom, provides a sanctuary for injured, neglected or abandoned farm animals like this smiling goat named Xyla.
  9. Dashcam footage released by the Florida Highway Patrol shows the driver of a Ford Focus moments before troopers say he crashed into a Lexus on the Howard Frankland Bridge on Wednesday afternoon. The impact caused the Lexus to rotate, hit the guardrail and overturn off the bridge, striking a Nissan Frontier that was parked and unoccupied in the construction zone below, the Highway Patrol said.
  10. A screenshot from a video provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows Bradenton man Ernesto Cordero, 53, landing his company helicopter on a protected bird refuge at Egmont Key on May 12.
  11. A screenshot from a witness video shows the moment St. Pete Beach District Fire Chief Thomas McClave swerved his Chevy pickup onto a raised concrete median and made contact with cyclist Gregory Hicks during a road rage incident on Gulf Boulevard near 175th Avenue in Redington Shores on May 23.
  12. John Martin of Lakeland, left, and his brother Mike Sullivan of Gulfport suit up for a dive with their Sunshine State Sonar Search Team while investigating a submerged vehicle in the Hillsborough River at the 40th Street Bridge. Over the last two years, the divers have found 11 missing people in Florida waterways.
  13. Mayor Ken Welch, with members of the city council, raise the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Flag at City Hall to commemorate the first day of Black History Month, February 1, 2024 in St. Petersburg.
  14. John Yanchoris of Dunedin launches his drone along the Dunedin Causeway on Nov. 20.
  15. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  16. Barbara Walker revels in the aroma of Nina’s Wood Fired Pizza while on a smelling adventure at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival in March in Dade City. After decades without a sense of smell, she has devoted herself to trying to train her ability back.
  17. Tampa detectives are seeking help from the community as they try to identify several people who “may have been involved” in an early morning shooting in Ybor City the weekend before Halloween. A 14-year-old boy and 20-year-old man were killed and 15 others were wounded by gunfire. Police say one other person sustained injuries that were not caused by gunfire.
  18. Flying taxis are intended for shorter- or medium-range travel as destinations within a city or between a metropolitan center and its suburbs, whether for passengers or cargo. The aim of this technology is to reduce traffic congestion and lower emissions.
  19. A large circus tent is pictured in the parking lot at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.
  20. Members of Strawberry Crest High School Marching Charger’s band perform during the 2023 Florida Bandmasters Association District 7 music performance assessment event on Saturday, Oct 28, 2023, at the Gaither High School in Tampa.
  21. Staghorn coral populations in the Florida Keys are on the brink of extinction due to a severe bleaching event that began this summer and is wiping out coastal reefs.
  22. Shiv Shukla feeds an eastern diamondback rattlesnake into a plastic tube at Sean Doody’s lab at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg on July 28. Shukla studies venomous snakes to learn more about an emerging fungal disease found in certain species of snakes.
  23. From left, Hope Peña, 24, Courtney O’Brien, 28, Katelynn Calixte, 21, CJ O’Brien, 23, Nate Calixte, 24, and Zelda Sainclair, 29, wait in line for Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour stop at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.
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