florida Hammerhead sharks and swimmers and bears, oh my! The Gulf Coast was chock full of creatures this weekend. Jennifer Sandlin

florida Hurricane Milton grows to category 4 as it heads for Florida Rob Beschizza

florida More than $1.6m worth of cocaine washes up on Florida beach Rob Beschizza

Science Black cloud of dragonflies terrorizes beachgoers (video) Allan Rose Hill

florida 2-pound chunk of space station debris leaves a giant hole in Florida Man's home Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures Vaquitas are adorably tiny porpoises and there are only about 10 remaining Mark Frauenfelder

Mexico City Artist explains Olmec head crushing a Tesla: "to troll Elon Musk and his new car plant in Mexico" Jennifer Sandlin

witchcraft Mysterious "witch bottles" washing up on South Texas beaches David Pescovitz

climate change World sea surface temperature record broken Rob Beschizza

cutlassfish These ribbonfish look like liquid mercury Jennifer Sandlin

animals Sunbathers surprised by wayward black bear happily swimming at Florida beach (video) David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Bear inexplicably swims ashore at crowded beach Ruben Bolling

books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro

florida 5,000-mile wide "blob" of seaweed headed for Florida Rob Beschizza

Science Octavio Aburto at the intersection of science, art, and conservation Elías Villoro

sharks Video: Coast Guard rescues missing boaters who were fending off sharks with their hands David Pescovitz

bad idea Convicted Florida blimp owner simply considered defrauding the US government to be "risky and aggressive business decisions" Jason Weisberger

florida Child rapist admits trying to fake own death to avoid punishment Rob Beschizza

Citizen Science Citizen scientists take on the scourge of the nurdle A.E. Gómez

natural phenomena This waterspout in Florida is nothing short of spectacular Carla Sinclair