A crocodile was caught lounging in a Florida Keys backyard pool. See what happened next
A Florida Keys homeowner woke up Friday morning to find a crocodile lounging in her swimming pool, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The reptile was lying on one of the pool’s chairs inside the Pirate’s Cove subdivision in Key Largo,
Do iguanas really fall from trees in Florida when it’s cold? Yes, and we have video evidence
A frozen iguana hit the deck after cold weather swept through South Florida in January. Here's what to know about the plummeting lizards.
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More than 1,200 cold-stunned sea turtles rescued last week along Florida’s northern coast
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission documented over 1,200 cold-stunned sea turtle rescues within six days.
Crocodiles in suburbia: Here’s how they navigate South Florida — and how to stay safe
As American crocodile populations have risen in recent decades, the threatened reptiles have made their way into suburban canals, adapting to the human environment as best they can.
The Florida manatee a ‘nonnative’? It’s been here for millennia | Opinion
A recent USF study caused a stir when it reported that manatees were a nonnative species that arrived relatively recently to Florida. Here, a manatee biologist with Save the Manatee Club looks at
A cop peeked into a Broward man’s fishing bucket and found a gator. Here’s what happened
The officer pulled up to 29-year-old Carlos Fabian Mercado de Choudens, who was fishing with four other people. The officer checked one of Mercado’s buckets and found several bluegill fish, according to the report, which added Mercado didn’t have an active fishing license.
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Comatose and washed up, 1,000 endangered sea turtles are rescued in Florida
The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit the Panhandle last week.
Minnesota DNR announces delay in launch of updated electronic licensing system
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has delayed the rollout date for its updated electronic license system (ELS). In an email sent Friday morning, Jan. 31, Kelly Straka, director of the DNR's Fish and Wildlife Division,
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Rescued from St. Pete waters, a baby manatee gets a second chance
Do you ever just need to see something real? What I mean is, do you ever wish that a rotund potato would whisk you out of the doomy digital feedback
Red tide counts rocket in Lee, Collier, DOH sends out health advisory
Respiratory issues have been reported along the Southwest Florida coast, and the Florida Department of Health in Lee County has advised coastal residents to close windows and doors and only used conditioned air.
New changes are considered for antlerless deer regulations: FWC
Changes could be coming to antlerless deer regulations, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced.
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Drop in Gulf water temps connected to cold-stunned sea turtle spell
The drop in water temperature was so significant that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports more than 1,000 sea turtles were rescued off the state's coast after being cold-stunned in the last week. Many of the sea turtles were rescued near St. Joseph Bay, a region of the Gulf west of Apalachicola and east of Panama City.