They argue it gives the agency “unbridled authority to issue permits to kill bears annually without any guidance or ...

Franklin County officials are wrapping their heads around the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s limited reopening of Apalachicola Bay to oystering. The FWC announced the decision ...

Several comprehensive water-quality samples were collected and sent to a lab, Samples said. The city is expediting the ...

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Florida is plagued by invasive creatures, but it's the native rainbow snake that state officials are asking people to report ...

An alligator shot dead in a truck led to wildlife officers shutting down an illegal gator-hunting operation in Florida, authorities said. Five people have been arrested, and four of them now have ICE ...

Every sighting report gives us valuable data about their current distribution and helps us assess the health of the species ...

Have you seen rainbow snakes in Florida? FWC asks the public to report sightings, share photos. They’re super rare and ...

"One little fella found himself a bit too far from the swamp," the sheriff's department wrote in a Facebook post.

“We need help from Floridians and visitors to better understand where rainbow snakes still occur in the state,” said Kevin Enge, a research scientist with FWC’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

A female manatee, exhausted and stripped of skin from aggressive mating, was pulled from the surf in a dramatic multi-agency ...

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