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US-WEATHER-HURRICANE-CLIMATE-MILTON Employees move an African porcupine named Chompers to a pet carrier at Zoo Tampa ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall in the middle of this week on October 7, 2024 in Florida. In the midst of this turmoil, Tiffany Burns is preparing a different kind of evacuation. The 41-year-old, director of the Tampa Zoo's animal program, oversees where the zoo's guests - elephants, rhinos, orangutans, etc. - will be spending the storm. The zoo has several hurricane-proof buildings where it plans to move all of its animals in the next few hours. "We hope they suffer as little stress as possible, that's always our goal," Burns explains. In a small enclosure, two zookeepers lure a porcupine into a cage by feeding it pieces of carrot and strawberry. Once the animal is enclosed, they carefully lift it into a golf cart and take it under cover. (Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Florida: ZooTampa, Florida Aquarium Staffers Plan To ‘Ride Out’ Hurricane Milton Alongside Its Animals

Volunteers of the ZooTampa and Florida Aquarium will be reportedly riding out Hurricane Milton alongside its animals, hoping to safeguard all of the animals as much as possible.

TAKOMA PARK, MD - MAY 15: A newly molted periodical cicada clings to a plant on May 15, 2021 in Takoma Park, Maryland. Once soil temperatures reach about 64°F, billions or perhaps trillions of Magicicada periodical cicada -- members of Brood X -- will emerge in fifteen states and the District of Columbia after living underground for 17 years they will molt, mate and die within a matter of weeks. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cicada Broods on Verge of Emergence as Sightings Reported Across U.S.

An insect event that hasn’t happened in over 200 years is expected to take place across the U.S. this spring.