The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is recruiting volunteers for planting workdays this summer, encouraging ...

Invasive Asian swamp eels in Florida are typically olive or drab brown with yellow-orange bellies. They can grow to roughly 3 ...

Crayfish and amphibians are vanishing as a stealth invader spreads statewide, raising alarms about cascading losses across ...

Of the state's six venomous snakes, four can be found in South Florida.

An eel-like fish is catching the attention of authorities, and they want you to be on the lookout. The Asian Swamp Eel has established a population in Florida and is considered an "ecological risk," ...

Argentine Black and White Tegus, a nonnative species known to gobble up native wildlife, have been spotted in the small Polk ...

Sometime between 5.5 and 5.6 million years ago, two shell crushers squared off in the languid currents of an ancient Florida ...

Florida wildlife officials are considering new rules that would prohibit the capture and harassment of giant manta rays, one ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida has 44 snake species total, six of which are considered venomous, but all are ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center documented a rare olive ridley sea turtle nest on Jupiter Beach on May 18. The turtle, named ...

Spectacled caimans in South Florida are mainly found in manmade habitats such as canals, artificial ponds/lakes, and ditches.

Sea turtles flock to Florida beaches each summer to dig giant holes, fill them with hundreds of eggs, cover the eggs and then ...