A baby False Water Cobra, native to South America, is now at a Pinellas County wildlife refuge after UPS found the creature Thursday afternoon in a plain, unmarked box at its Pinellas Park transfer facility. ...more

October 31, 2009

A 21-year-old Asian male elephant is adapting to a temporary home in Tennessee after federal authorities confiscated him over the weekend from a Balm-based circus. ...more

November 11, 2008

The marine artist Wyland says he'll paint his 100th and final mural in Beijing. ...more

June 15, 2008

TAMPA - The state wildlife commission today identified the two teenage boys injured when their personal watercraft ran under a dock on Egypt Lake on Saturday as James and Benjamin Parker, both of Tampa. ...more

May 25, 2008

TAMPA - State wildlife investigators were to be at Busch Gardens today to find out how an orangutan busted out of the new Jungala exhibit Saturday. ...more

May 19, 2008

A man found Saturday floating near an alligator that had been feeding on his remains drowned, according to an autopsy Sunday. ...more

May 18, 2008

LAKELAND - Divers are trying to remove a body found floating this morning near an alligator in a canal of Saddle Creek Lake, the sheriff's office reported. ...more

May 17, 2008

MIAMI - Miami Metrozoo is offering amnesty for exotic pets that are too difficult to keep at home. ...more

February 21, 2008

The founder and operator of the controversial Horseshoe Creek Wildlife Sanctuary is in trouble again. Darryl Atkinson, 51, of Davenport, was arrested Friday on fraud charges. An undercover state wildlife officer, posing as someone who needed to work off community service hours, went to the sanctuary and asked Atkinson for work, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. ...more

February 2, 2008

A monument honoring slain state wildlife officer Margaret "Peggy" Park will be dedicated Monday. ...more

October 5, 2007