What would you say are some hallmarks of longtime Floridians? As a Florida native, I’d say a love of our plentiful outdoor ...

Wildlife experts at the Treasure Coast Wildlife Center are working to clean a gopher tortoise found covered in nail polish.

When the controversial plans to build three golf courses in Jonathan Dickinson State Park hit the headlines in August, the park's rare ecosystems were suddenly thrust into the spotlight. At protests ...

We put together a guide to famous Florida wildlife and the state parks they inhabit. Check it out! A gopher tortoise outside of its burrow. These aren’t the only Florida State Parks where you can see ...

Fittingly, gopher tortoises in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama (west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers) are protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act — but those in eastern Alabama, ...

Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet approved a $317 million investment to protect Florida’s critical lands, and ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s (SCCF) Wildlife & Habitat Management team has begun its annual gopher tortoise burrow surveys with a new method this year — video scoping. “Using an ...

At its December meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission failed to live up to its name by opening the ...

Former Coral Springs Mayor Roy Gold will host groups of residents and guests on his monthly nature tour of Sandy Ridge ...

The list of animals hit by airplanes in Florida so far this year reads like a tragic version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas ...

Florida Cabinet approves purchase of 2,483 acres near Eglin Reservation to create a new state park offering camping, hiking ...