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The free event at Lyonia Environmental Center celebrates Central Florida wildlife and the beloved scrub jay, the states only endemic bird species.

A cold snap yields a record manatee count and big crowds of onlookers on Tuesday at at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City.

On the count of 3, 2, 1, public officials and dozens of cyclists cut the ribbon to open a new 2.9-mile segment of Volusia County’s Spring-to-Spring Trail on Jan. 21. Though the mileage seems minuscule, this stretch of paved path means that nearly 24 continuous miles of the planned 27.2-mile trail are finished.

As climate change threatens Florida’s iconic manatees, Cora Berchem fights to make sure they aren’t down for the count.

It would be the first time since 2018 that temps reached the 20s at the Daytona Beach International Airport weather station.

Visitors to Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, Fla., gather to watch manatees frolic, Wednesday, January 19, 2022. The manatees are attracted to the warmth of the 73-degree spring during cold weather, with a record-breaking number counted by volunteer manatee watchers this week. Blue Spring is a magnitude one spring, pumping 102 million gallons from the Florida aquifer into the St. Johns River, and a popular destination for Central Floridians year-round. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

In the wake of this past weeks colder weather, the temperatures in Volusia County are expected to dip even lower on Monday. Heres a look at the forecast.

There's a live stream so you can watch them whenever you want!

There's a live stream so you can watch them whenever you want!

Indian Harbor Estates, a neighborhood where the homes are precariously close to canals, has 285 homes on septic tanks.