Frozen Iguanas: It's a thing in Florida ... now it's a baseball team

The Palm Cardinals, the minor-league affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, will be named the Frozen Iguanas for a limited ...

Python in Florida woman's backyard a sign of their movement to urban areas

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into backyards.

Alligator Alcatraz remains a mystery because state won't talk about it

Run by the state of Florida instead of the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency, Alligator Alcatraz can hold as many ...

Florida has dangerous animals that can kill. A list of the deadliest

Most shark bites in Florida are not deadly. However, there was an unfortunate 2010 attack where a 38-year-old Stuart man who ...

'Godzilla' the gator hauls massive Burmese python in Everglades. Look back

A large alligator nicknamed 'Godzilla' was caught on video dragging an enormous Burmese python through the water in the ...
The Indianapolis Star

Bobcat trapping returns after 56 years. Some fear this will hurt once endangered felines

Bobcat trapping is legal in Indiana for the first time since 1969. For many years, bobcats were on Indiana's endangered list. But by 2005 their population had recovered to the point where they were ...
USA Today

Ancient Florida species killed off by 2023 heat wave, study finds

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’ ...
NBC News

'Functionally extinct': After 10,000 years on the Florida coast, two key corals are dead

Since the Ice Age, elkhorn and staghorn corals off Florida’s southern coast have been stacking their skeletons into elaborate, branching homes for parrotfish, eels and octopuses. “They’ve been the ...
The New York Times

Heat Has Essentially Wiped Out 2 Key Coral Species on Florida Reefs

Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystem. By Catrin Einhorn After a searing ocean ...
cbs12.com

Bobcat rescued, left with possible head injury after it was struck by car in Jensen Beach

'America made history': Venezuelans celebrate end of Maduro's regime near Mar-a-Lago A crowd formed near Mar-a-Lago on Saturday afternoon, celebrating the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás ...
WFTV

‘Do not approach’: Central Florida town issues safety advisory after repeat bobcat sightings

PONCE INLET, Fla. — A bobcat has been spotted twice near the Ponce Inlet Fire Department in the past week, prompting wildlife officials to remind residents to take precautions. Wildlife officials ...
WTSP

VIDEO: Bobcat surprises man on beach near Venice Fishing Pier

VENICE, Fla. — A man was taking what appeared to be a normal video on Venice Beach when an unexpected predator prowled into the frame. Ross Stepanek shared his "once in the lifetime encounter" in a ...