Polk County leaders said Tuesday they are closer to getting a swim area/vessel exclusion zone approved by the state of ...

A former licensed reptile dealer has been sentenced after more than 100 exotic reptiles were found abandoned in a storage ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — It's one of Florida's most dazzling reptiles, but also one of its most endangered. The ...

Opponents of Florida’s first sanctioned black bear hunt in a decade are suing to stop the planned killings, arguing the ...

Bear Warriors United argues a new rule gives the FWC executive director "unbridled authority" to create hunting zones and ...

A bear hunt based on ‘stale’ population estimates risk ‘irreversible ecological loss,’ hunting opponents warn.

Florida wildlife officials need your help to report sightings of a nonvenomous snake whose population has declined in recent ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials are asking for the public’s help finding and photographing a rare snake.The rainbow snake is a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Florida's Wildlife Commission approved a black bear hunting season for December, facing immediate legal challenges from ...

Although the odds indicate regulators will OK the first black bear hunt in a decade in Florida, opponents will pull out all ...

There’s a snake the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is calling “the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow,” ...

An average adult rainbow snake is 3 feet and 6 inches long, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History.