State environmental regulators may block a project that will revive the ecological health of the much-abused lower Hillsborough River. Their motives are admirable, but their objection doesn't make sense. ...more

October 22, 2009

Store workers say the bear seemed content in the cooler and did not consume any alcohol. ...more

October 17, 2009

OAKLAND PARK (AP) — A 7-year-old South Florida girl is recovering after a 6-foot iguana bit her foot and tore away tendons. ...more

October 1, 2009

Bald eagles are being spotted throughout Florida, weeks before the official start of the nesting season. ...more

September 5, 2009

Wildlife officials are treating a pygmy sperm whale that had beached itself in northeastern Florida. ...more

May 3, 2009

Wildlife officials are looking for a pregnant cougar that escaped into the woods in central Florida while being transferred to a cage. ...more

May 3, 2009

Wildlife officials have fined four South Florida men $10,000 for catching and keeping three undersized swordfish instead of throwing them back into the water. ...more

March 7, 2009

The koala moved gingerly on scorched paws, crossing the blackened landscape as the fire patrol passed. Clearly in pain, the animal stopped when it saw firefighter David Tree following behind. ...more

February 10, 2009

Wildlife officials say two men putting up a fence in Martin County on Florida's east coast fended off and killed a 30-pound bobcat with a hammer. ...more

January 25, 2009

Just six weeks before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, the Bush administration issued revised endangered species regulations Thursday to reduce the input of federal scientists and to block the law from being used to fight global warming. ...more

December 12, 2008