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In the next few months, scientists will be monitoring the current, temperature and tropical storm activity, as these factors can shift red tide blooms.

During an appearance at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, the governor expressed support for budget items aimed at helping manatees.

The virus is deadly for birds, but humans aren’t necessarily at risk for infection despite one case in Colorado.

One conservationist said the interaction problem is with humans, not the rebounding shark population.

It would set a limit on the number that can be caught in a four-year period.

State wildlife officials are considering whether to allow people to catch and keep goliath grouper for the first time in more than 30 years.

There were 836 boating accidents in 2020, along with 79 deaths.

The findings disappointed scientists who documented flamingos' historic nesting in the state and made the case to reclassify the birds from vagrants to native birds.

The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, is persisting along Southwest Florida's coast. The toxic algae has made its way up to Manatee County from Collier County.

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission expert told state senators Monday the immediate crisis could be winding down.

More than 200 people called into the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s virtual meeting to share their thoughts on the banning of nonnative reptiles.

A preliminary state tally for 2020 found 619 manatees were killed, up from last year and the second highest number in the last five years.