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

An alligator capture has led to the arrests of some north Florida apartment tenants who forgot to hide their drugs, authorities say. ...more

August 5, 2009

A bobcat that jumped on a Boy Scout and an elderly man in separate attacks over the weekend in Citrus County turned out to be rabid, health officials said today. ...more

April 1, 2009

Florida Fish and Wildlife officers investigated a drowning Friday afternoon on Dinner Lake. ...more

March 21, 2009

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

Florida wildlife officers will wait until next week to speak with a Bushnell man who was in critical condition after he was bitten by a pet cobra. ...more

May 3, 2008

TAMPA - Florida wildlife officers will wait until next week to speak with a Bushnell man who was left in critical condition after he was bitten by a pet cobra. ...more

May 2, 2008

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

February 21, 2008

Wildlife officers arrested two Bradenton men early Thursday morning on charges they were using an illegal gill net near the mouth of the Manatee River. ...more

February 15, 2008