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Florida snake hunter Taylor Stanberry wins $10,000 prize after removing record 60 Burmese pythons during 2025 Python Challenge, helping protect Everglades ecosystem from invasive species.

Commission approves limited season despite calls of cruelty over use of bows and arrows, food traps and dogs

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering approval of a black bear hunt for December and into the future, which could eventually allow the use of up to six dogs to corner the bears and use of bowhunting

Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon

An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter

Investigation underway in what is believed to be the first fatal mauling of a human by a bear in the state

State investigation under way at Gulf World after four dolphins have mysteriously died in past six months

Manatees were celebrated across the country on Wednesday. The marine mammals are threatened by increasing climate change impacts

A mysterious affliction that causes prehistoric, endangered smalltooth sawfish to spin erratically in Florida waters and often die appears to have resurfaced, with more than 50 deaths last year