Tag: animals

A leatherback sea turtle was spotted nesting in Volusia County on Sunday, the county confirmed in an announcement the following day. The turtle was seen on the sand at New ...

It's not every day local law enforcement comes into contact with one of the largest fish on Earth, but that's exactly what happened this week for a deputy with the ...

The highly-anticipated Capybara Cafe is finally opening in St. Augustine, making it one of only a small handful of locations in the world which provides the public an opportunity to ...

A major milestone was announced this week in the conservation of one of Florida's native bird species. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission announced they'd released the 1,000th conservation-bred Florida ...

The rarest species of sea turtle in the world was spotted nesting in Volusia County this week, to the excitement of the local scientific community. A Kemp's ridley sea turtle ...

An Atlantic puffin was found on the beach in Ponce Inlet this past weekend, hundreds of miles from the species' native habitat. The bird, which primarily lives in arctic latitudes, ...

According to the latest data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 70% of recorded deaths of the Florida panther this year are due to vehicular strikes. Florida's largest ...