In 1896 about 400 people lived in this city on Biscayne Bay; today, it's Florida's second-largest city, behind Jacksonville
What is Miami?
The code for its airport is JAX
What is Jacksonville?
"Florida Man Steals" this "ultimate driving machine" "After He's Told He Can't Buy It With Food Stamps"
What is a BMW?
The Univ. of Florida's mascot, this species has been around for 150 million years, outlasting the dinosaurs
What are alligators?
A short-lived craze
What is fad?
Time to make some space and don this cape seen here

What is Canaveral?
During the Civil War, it was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi not captured by Union troops
What is Tallahassee?
Fla. man "Ordered to Stay Away From Animals After Throwing Live" this state reptile "Through Wendy's Drive-Thru Window"
What is an alligator?
The Miami blue type of this insect is endangered; Hurricane Andrew wiped out one of the last colonies
What are butterflies?
Don't venture up the creek without this synonym for a paddle
What is oar?
You can wear your Crocs as you see the gators in this national park established in 1947 at Florida's southwestern tip
What is the Everglades?
A resort-retirement community; its name is from the Spanish for "mouse's mouth"
What is Boca Raton?
On this wrestler & his lawsuit against Gawker--"Florida Man Shows up to Court in 'Formal Bandana'"
Who is Hulk Hogan?
Broward County is known for the Florida tree this, a mollusk whose shell can have pink streaks (but not racing stripes)
What is a snail?
The hairdo sported by the young Michael Jackson
What is afro?
Each September this very old city reenacts the 1565 landing of its founder Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
What is St. Augustine?
The Gatornationals is a famous drag racing event in this city
What is Gainesville?
"Florida Man Tells Police He's So Drunk He'll Blow Up" this measuring device
What is the Breathalyzer?
You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught the Cape Sable seaside this bird
What is a sparrow?
A sudden, short attack, like the Great Northfield, Minnesota one
What is raid?
This city bears the name of the man who led a military installation built in 1838 during the Second Seminole War
What is Fort Lauderdale?
This alliterative city in Broward County has been named one of the USA's best cities to live in--the trees in its name help
What is Pembroke Pines?
"Florida Man Slashes 88-Year-Old Woman's Tires With Ice Pick For Sitting in His... Seat" during this 5-letter game
What is bingo?
Fewer than 100 are left of the Florida this cat, a puma subspecies--it prefers swampland like the Everglades
What is the Florida Panther?
relating to, consisting of, or applied directly to the leaves of a plant
What is foliar?