Orange County celebrated the ribbon cutting of the Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge, a $5.6 million renovation project aimed at ...

A surfer was bitten by a shark off a popular Florida beach that has lately earned a reputation for such attacks, experts say. It happened around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, July 6, at New Smyrna Beach — “long ...

Hunting provides access to the resource, allowing hunters to use the meat, pelt, fat and other parts of any bear they harvest ...

A. Many Florida snakes breed during the warmer months. In some species, two males will fight each other in a ritualized ...

Cane toads in Florida secrete a milky-white toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including ...

Alligator Alcatraz is in Florida, home to dangerous animals that can harm you, like gators, sharks, bears, panthers, snakes ...

Florida Python Challenge, July 11-20, 2025, has hunters trying to eliminate invasive Burmese snakes. Do they attack or kill ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida and can be humanely killed on private property with landowner permission, following firearm regulations. Humane killing requires immediate loss ...

Florida has a variety of invasive lizard species, including iguanas, tegus, Nile monitors, agamas, and basilisks. Many of these lizards were introduced through the pet trade and have established ...

An endangered Florida panther at sunset in the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Experts estimate that there are some 200 to 230 Florida panthers remaining.

'Unwanted' wildlife in Florida: Iguanas are joined by at least 67 other invasive species. Story by Mark H. Bickel, Chad Gillis and Amy Bennett Williams, Naples Daily News • 2d.

The 10 species, including Florida panthers, eastern hellbenders, chinook salmon, manatees and spotted owls, all face serious threats to the places they live, the center said in a prepared statement.