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

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

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

Here’s where Florida ranks on SmileHub’s top 15 best states for wildlife protection and a little bit about invasive species in the state. The first launch of a SpaceX doubleheader is set for ...

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 ...

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

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.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the coming months will round up manatee data and decide whether the West Indian manatee species should be given bolstered protections under the federal ...

The ongoing unusual mortality event is prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider reclassifying Florida’s state marine mammal as an endangered species. Over 1,000 Florida manatees ...

The need to save wild Florida and provide a green infrastructure for people and wildlife alike, from the Everglades to the Panhandle and beyond, was even memorialized by the state legislature in 2021.

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 ...