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Authorities say a Florida man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Florida wildlife officer.The Hendry County Sheriff's Office says…

Authorities say an off-duty Florida wildlife officer has been found fatally shot.Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer Julian Keen Jr.…

Techniques to manage Florida’s black bear population over the next decade, including the possibility of regulated hunting, will be among the  items the…

Florida wildlife officials have come under scrutiny since telling residents earlier this year they could kill iguanas without a permit.The non-native…

With a curved carapace, angry-looking eyes and a spiky tail, horseshoe crabs look like nature’s armored tanks, crawling in the sand at the shore.They’ve…

Hurricane Michael’s impact on shoal bass in the Chipola River and its tributaries drew a state emergency order Wednesday against harvesting the...

A shift of 19 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission law-enforcement officers to the Department of Environmental Protection, a change sought by Gov....

State wildlife officials are drafting a rule to protect Florida’s native songbirds from illegal trapping. Officers are seeing an increase in bird…

Florida's coastal waters appear free from a devastating red tide bloom that began in October 2017. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission...

People who fish for sharks in Florida will soon have to get a special permit. State wildlife officials are also banning chumming from shore, which…

Sea turtle deaths continue to increase as red tide lingers off Florida's southwestern coast. While the numbers remain steady in Charlotte, Lee and Collier…

Florida’s wildlife agency will be holding a lionfish summit in the Fall. The goal is to find more ways to get rid of the spiny invasive species plaguing...