Researchers said they named the new species after Ivo Silva dos Santos, a “technical assistant in the Ichthyology Laboratory ...

Growing up 30 minutes from the ocean meant the beach wasn't just a vacation destination—it was a part of my daily life. My ...

Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 snake-eating apex predators. The conservation program has now released 209 Eastern ...

The presence of the naturally occurring red tide organism, Karenia brevis, has been detected at background concentrations in ...

North Florida environmentalists and its shellfish industry scored a “massive” legislative victory with final passage of ...

A strange phenomenon in the Florida Keys has reemerged, confusing experts and raising concerns for the threatened species ...

Of the 44 species of snake that are native to Florida, six are venomous. Here's a guide to identifying them and the harmless ...

South Carolina is home to a lot of alligators. Around 100,000 of them, to be exact. Although it is fewer than in some states, ...

“But when we run into an average-to-dry year or a drought year, it meant that salinity levels in the bay would get so high ...

Members of the public can still weigh in on the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's updated plans to help restore polluted freshwater springs to better health. New Basin Management Action ...

Floridians wanting assurances from the state that they aren’t eating foreign or farmed fish won’t get them this year. Sen. Corey Simon’s legislation (SB 428) that would codify the Florida ...

"During the dry season, a lot of animals – deer, fish, otters, turtles, birds – follow the alligators." Hector Tigertail Alligators play a vital role as ecosystem engineers in Florida's ...