Simply called "the Big Cypress" by Gladesmen and older folks in south Florida, the national preserve was established in 1974.

Advocates say federal protections under the Endangered Species Act for species like the monarch and hellbender are overdue.

Witness the power and speed of an alligator snapping turtle’s bite in this close encounter.

According to the claim, the man attempted to use a pitcher of iced tea to perform the "baptism." ...

Mosquitoes have been biting people for more than a million years and probably much longer. An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for ...

So when a tick bites, alpha-gal enters the blood stream and in some people prompts the body to produce molecules associated ...

Florida tops the U.S. in shark bites in 2025, including some in the Southwest part of the state, but Australia had the most deadly attacks.

Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing sharply, according to wildlife officials.