Dolphins provide therapy for wounded veterans down in Florida Keys

The Wounded Warrior Project put on an event in the Florida Keys where a group of wounded military veterans had the chance to swim with bottlenose dolphins as part of an initiative to help with their mental health.

Pfizer: Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine human trials to begin late January

Pfizer confirmed it plans to start human trials of its omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine later this month, potentially making it available to the public as soon as March.

US surgeons perform 1st transplant of pig heart into human patient

U.S. doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life — a first for medical science.

Winter's legacy: Dolphin rescued from Space Coast now lives at CMA

Winter the dolphin may be gone, but her legacy lives on at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, where another dolphin rescued from the Space Coast just became a permanent resident.

Good Samaritans help sea lion that wandered onto San Diego freeway

Good Samaritans stopped traffic on a San Diego highway to help a sea lion after the animal managed to wander onto the busy road. Sea World rescuers then captured the sea lion -- but they say this actually isn't the first time they've had to help him.

Florida manatee population hit hard in 2021 with 1,101 reported deaths

2021 was a morbid year for Florida manatees, with mortality rates reaching an all-time high. FWC reports a record-breaking 1,101 manatees died last year.

Giant tarpon, leaping rays swim alongside manatees at TECO power plant

It’s not unusual to see a variety of wildlife at TECO’s Big Bend power plant, but Friday morning, it was tarpon that were out in full force.

Fishing Report: Jan. 7, 2022

Every Friday morning, Captain Dylan Hubbard of Hubbard's Marina joins Good Day to fill viewers in on his fishing forecast as we head into the weekend. Here is his fishing report for January 7, 2022.

Red grouper season is open in the Gulf
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Red grouper season is open and off to the races. We aren?t seeing a ton of them near shore right now with cooler waters, but you are able to find them when fishing the deeper near shore areas, explained Capt. Dylan Hubbard of Hubbard's Marina.

FWC officers hook 10 for illegal fishing with gillnets the length of 4 football fields

FWC officers say 10 people from Atlanta face nearly 60 combined charges after using 1,660 feet of illegal gillnets to capture 500 pounds of snook, barracuda, catfish, mullet, sheepshead, sharks near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

SpaceX has successful first launch of 2022 with new Starlink mission

SpaceX has successfully launched its first mission of 2022. A Falcon 9 rocket carried a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A at 4:49 p.m. on Thursday.

NASA aces James Webb telescope sunshield unfolding

NASA has aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court.

Majority of Florida panther deaths in 2021 were due to vehicle crashes

Out of 27 panther deaths in 2021, 21 of those were a result of vehicle crashes. Unfortunately, wildlife officials say the cause of death is the most common in past years.

US airlines look to delay 5G rollout over aviation safety concerns

Airlines for America, a trade group for large U.S. passenger and cargo carriers, said in an emergency filing that the FCC has failed to adequately consider the harm that 5G service could do to the industry.