JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The commander of U.S. 4th Fleet has ordered all ships and aircraft to make preparations for Hurricane Ian's expected arrival. Ships will begin departures from Naval Air Station Mayport Tuesday, September 27 or complete heavy weather mooring if required to stay in port. Aircraft will initiate evacuations from area airfields or be secured in hangars rated to withstand hurricane force winds. "Hurricane preparatio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: Development has claimed most of the coastline where the small, sleek Florida Keys mole skink makes its home. Now sea level rise, coastal erosion, and severe storms jeopardize the state's southernmost lizard. That is why the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes listing the Florida Keys mole skink (Plestiodon egregius egregius) as threatened under the Endangered Spec  more