More than 900 hunters descended on the Everglades this year for the annual hunt that raises awareness about this invasive ...

If the FWC approves, Florida will hold its first bear hunt in ten years. But the agency is taking steps to avoid the problems ...

The Burmese python, a non native species to Florida, was first recorded in the Sunshine State in the 1990s. Its exact ...

Burmese pythons have become one of Florida’s most destructive invasive species, devastating native wildlife in the Everglades ...

South Florida has an invasive Burmese python problem, which sounds terrifying on top of the giant snakes being really bad for the environment. Luckily, though, scientists have found a new way to ...

Scientists are experimenting with robotic rabbits in hopes of luring the destructive snakes out of hiding so they can be ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. Ahead of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, the Naples Daily News and The News-Press ...

Share your photos] According to wildlife officials, the occupied range of bears in Florida has grown from 17% to 51% since 1992. FWC also estimates that more than 4,000 bears roam the state currently.

Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears in southwest Florida following a fatal attack on a man and a dog a day earlier, officials said Tuesday.

In public hearings last month, however, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission staff members suggested a tally of 187 bears in a hunting period running from Dec. 6 to 28, 2025.

Florida wildlife authorities confirmed Friday that the grisly death of an elderly man in Collier County earlier this week was the first fatal Florida black bear attack in state history ...