FLORIDA TODAY hosted its 32nd annual Volunteer Recognition Awards to honor community service in Brevard County. The Citizen of the Year award was renamed in honor of the late publisher Michael J.

The Canadian publisher of "Franklin the Turtle" books was not amused by a social media post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth showing a photo of the character holding a rocket-propelled grenade and ...

Kids Can Press is condemning the unauthorized use of Franklin the Turtle by United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. On November 30, Hegseth posted on social media platform X an altered image of ...

The publisher of the Franklin series of children’s books says an online post by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth depicting the titular character as a bazooka-wielding soldier is denigrating and ...

The publisher of children’s book series “Franklin the Turtle” hit out at “unauthorized” depictions of its main character after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a mock cover of Franklin shooting ...

'Sonic the Hedgehog' and 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Everett Collection There will be two big franchises for holiday season 2028 from Paramount: an untitled hybrid live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

The publisher of the Franklin children's book series has rebuked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he posted a meme of the anthropomorphic turtle firing on drug boats. Hegseth's social media post ...

Evidence suggests pythons may be evolving to tolerate colder climates farther north. These invasive snakes are primarily established in South Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee. As sections of the ...

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea. By Carolyn Wilke Rocky cliffs run into the Adriatic Sea near Ancona, Italy. There, above the ...

Audubon Aquarium Rescue is caring for 35 critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles that were injured by the cold in New England last month. The turtles were part of a large “cold stunning” event ...

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