The Brevard Zoo announced it is now home to two black-and-white Colobus monkeys. This species of primate is classified as ...

A viral video showing the capture of a giant manta ray off Panama City Beach ignited public backlash this past summer. The manta ray was removed from Florida waters under a special permit issued by ...

Here’s what you need to know about owning a raccoon as a pet in Florida, and how some exotic pets in Florida are classified ...

Floridians were enraged last summer when a viral video showed men offshore Panama City capturing a giant manta ray, a ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has announced that the state is now "off limits to any new species," as it seeks to crack down on invasive species. Officials have proposed ...

Who knew there were more grasshopper species in Florida? Derek Woller did, and he found them. Why are grasshoppers important?

Video above: How much will sea levels rise in the future? TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A type of tropical cactus that is only native to the Florida Keys has gone extinct due to climate change, research ...

It looks like federal regulators are rebuffing an effort to get the Florida manatee back on the endangered species list. Several statewide environmental groups had petitioned the U.S. Fish and ...

Researchers don't know the mosquitoes' potential to spread deadly diseases. About 90 mosquito species live in Florida, and the list is growing, researchers of a new study say. The increase of new, ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species established across more than a thousand square miles of south Florida, including Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve and Collier-Seminole ...

After 10,000 years, they're now gone. Nearly all of Florida’s critically endangered Acropora coral colonies are now dead, after a record-breaking ocean heat wave in 2023. This marks the species’ ...