ISLAMORADA, Fla. – It was raining turkey vultures over the Gulf of Mexico 35 miles off Islamorada, with land nowhere in sight. Charter captain Brandon Storin was guiding some sport fishermen when they ...

A rare snowstorm in the South is leaving many residents in shock. A Florida woman was surprised when she found her car encased in ice. In New Orleans, one man used creole seasoning to melt the snow ...

A real-life massive gator wedged itself in a tiny storm drain in Florida — in a too-close-for-comfort imitation of the bloody ...

Call them the Everglades influencers. They're the ones who wade deep into pristine sloughs and isolated cypress stands and ...

Hibernation: this entire idea came to this author’s attention again during a casual conversation with several friends. They ...

Throughout Florida’s history, its ecology has been entangled with fire. “We set good fires, or else we get bad ones,” says ...

It was a busy year for the von Arx Wildlife Hospital in Naples. See a full list of all of the animals that were patients ...

In response to 2020 litigation, the Center for Biological Diversity today secured deadlines for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to decide whether 76 species warrant protection under the Endangered ...

They are nocturnal, and will often burrow into soft sediments or occupy crevices and small spaces. During the day, the fish ...

The caracara, which can grow to 2 feet tall, co-exists amiably with cows on Florida’s ranches and eats everything from frogs ...

After a gopher tortoise was recently hit by a car, East Lee Wildlife Stewardship Group wants Lee County to install signs for gopher tortoise crossings.

Dusty crayfish are “burrowing” animals, living in freshwater streams of “the Indonesian part of New Guinea,” an island north of Australia that also includes mainland Papua New Guinea ...