Emma Rodriguez

MM Brands is hosting “Costume Swap for a Cause,” a free community Halloween costume exchange. Families can bring gently used Halloween costumes and exchange them for another at no cost, or just take one.

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum is hosting a virtual lecture on solar powered sea slugs tomorrow, Sept. 16, at 5:30 pm. The talk will go over the role sea slugs play in environments along the Gulf Coast, how they photosynthesize using sunlight and how different species have evolved.

Florida Power and Light has launched its new Assistance Center. It’s a new online resource for customers looking to save, or get support with their monthly energy bills.

Venice Beach is often referred to as the shark teeth capital of the world, but there had never been formal, peer reviewed documentation until a Florida Gulf Coast University professor published a paper breaking down what he and his students found beneath the waters there. The Venice shark and ray assemblage contains 45 species identified from their fossil teeth, all collected by Dr. Harry Maisch, Assistant Professor of Earth Science in the Department of Marine & Earth Sciences in The Water School at FGCU. We learn about his research, and this area's fascinating geologic past.

For the first time since before Hurricane Ian in 2022, powerboat racing competition ROAR Offshore is returning to Fort Myers Beach. It will take place at Margaritaville Beach Resort from Sept. 11 to Sept. 13. Town Council members approved requests to waive the island's noise ordinance and use town property on Monday.

Today is Lineworker Appreciation Day. The holiday, established by the Florida House in 2012, honors the people that work on power lines in and out of storm season.

Mac Stone is an award-winning conservation photographer and a National Geographic Explorer. His work focuses on swamps and wetlands — he says he's trying to change public opinion towards these often misunderstood and maligned ecosystems. We discuss his new book is "Cypress: The Last Old-Growth Swamps" which is filled with photographs of the American South’s ancient wetlands and intricate webs of life that grow beneath ancient cypress canopies, including Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

The New Life Dream Center, a faith-based drug rehab facility, is based in the Deer Run Farms neighborhood in southern Lee County. It's operated by Pastor Bishop Gaspar Anastasi of Word of Life Ministries. A county zoning violation hit New Life Dream Center earlier this year, in addition to scrutiny from neighbors who believe Anastasi used his connections in the Florida legislature to run it.

Primary election results Tuesday showed some surprising victories and expected wins across the state.

About 75% of the world’s flowering plants and about 30% of crops rely on pollinators. Things like habitat loss, pesticide use, climate change, and invasive species are all threats to pollinator populations, which are truly essential for both ecological balance and food security. On August 22-23 Floridians can do their part as citizen scientists to help researchers keep tabs on the health of pollinator populations by participating in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census. To participate, during those two days you simply pick one or more plants in your yard that attract pollinators and watch them closely for 15 minutes and count each time an insect lands on the plant, and then upload that information into a database.