You have probably heard an adult say it before: “Put on your helmet!” Maybe you were only planning to skate for a few minutes. Maybe you were practicing something easy. Maybe you thought, “I’m not going to fall.” But here is one of the first things every skateboarder learns: falling is part of skateboarding. Even professional skateboarders fall. The difference is that experienced skaters learn how to prepare for falls, protect their bodies and make smart choices before stepping on a board....

The Pompano Beach Skatepark Grand Opening marked a historic community victory built through decades of advocacy, persistence, and support from South Florida skaters.

When most people hear about Florida's coral reefs, the news is heartbreaking. The Florida Reef Tract—the only living barrier coral reef in the continental United States—has suffered devastating losses from unprecedented marine heat waves, coral bleaching, disease outbreaks like Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD), declining water quality, and decades of human impact. Some iconic reef-building corals have disappeared from areas where they once dominated. It would be easy to think the story...