So far, 163,459 applications have been submitted to take part in Florida's first bear hunt in a decade. Avid hunters like Chuck Echenique submitted multiple.

A man is facing several felonies after wildlife officials said he illegally hunted and killed 13 American alligators while driving his airboat on a Central Florida river. The alli ...

FWC said 67-year-old Stephen Mariani and 49-year-old Rita Mariani died after their jet ski slammed into a boat lift on Sunday ...

Two people have been charged with red snapper resource violations, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Jacob William Latreille, 21, was charged with 13 counts of illegal alligator poaching on the St. Johns River in Brevard County, FWC said.

A video of a racoon stranded and surrounded by water on channel marker 14 near St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge is making ...

Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for just 172 permits. Hunt opponents submitted some permits to try reduce the number of bears killed. The Florida Fish ...

A Vero Beach man, 28, was taken into custody July 31 on an active warrant for the unlawful taking of a gopher tortoise.

The deadline to apply for a 2025 bear harvest permit is 11:59 p.m. tonight, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ( FWC ). FWC approved the controversial hunt last month, ...

Sea turtles will lay their eggs in pits dug on beaches, but storms occasionally destroy the nests, bringing the eggs to the surface, experts say. These are not the eggs found in a van in Beverly Beach ...

George Warthen, chief conservation officer, said the wildlife agency trimmed the suggested kill quota from 187 to 172 bears ...

Sept. 18: 55 red points; 5 blue points. The person in charge was not managing food safety risk factors and did not know required hot-holding temperatures. Raw, whole shell eggs were stored above ready ...