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Some people keep dogs in their backyards. In the Florida Keys, some residents have deer the size of a golden retriever in their yards. As sea levels rise and salt water climbs higher on the islands, it's shrinking habitat for this deer — which already has an estimated population of at most 1,000. Today, host Regina G. Barber hears from reporters Nate Rott and Ryan Kellman about the Key deer, and how rising sea levels are forcing wildlife managers to ask big questions about the future of the subspecies.

This essential project aims to help the St. Johns County community identify potential vulnerabilities, safeguard critical assets, and formulate a strategy for long-term resilience.

The incident off the California coast comes just two weeks after a man was killed in a suspected shark attack.

Beginning in 2011, the series of shark attacks that swept through the waters off Réunion Island resulted in 11 deaths, a governmental ban on surfing, and more than one media scrum. A decade later, riding waves there is still largely illegal—and the mystery surrounding the rash of attacks, the sense of danger, and the debate about how to address it remain.

New research offers an unprecedented look at one of the strangest animals in the ocean, the hammerhead shark.