Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering yearly bear hunting season in Florida.

Pointing to ongoing threats to manatees, a U.S. district judge Friday said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of wastewater discharges into the Indian River Lagoon.

Officials will present proposals and updated data in May before FWC makes a decision on what could be the state’s first bear hunt in almost a decade.

Wildlife officials are increasing efforts to monitor potential cases of chronic wasting disease in deer. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission plans to pay meat processors $20 for each deer head submitted for testing, and taxidermists would get $30 for samples taken from deer lymph nodes.

The recent discovery marks progress for a species reintroduction program based in Central Florida.

State wildlife officials are asking people to report sick, abnormally thin deer and deer found dead of unknown causes after a case of chronic wasting disease was found in Northwest Florida.

In their first for the year, Gulfarium’s C.A.R.E. Center, released three rehabilitated sea turtles back to the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday morning including an adult Kemp’s ridley, a green sea turtle, and a loggerhead.

Four teams of scientists are sharing $15.5 million in BP oil spill money to study the sustainability of fish, other sea life, and birds in regard to the…

The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge has already had a busy year when it comes to baby animals.Now, they’ve added nearly 80 baby squirrels to the mix.“We’ve…

Three weeks into the 2018 season, the first sea turtle nests soon will begin to appear on area beaches.Locally, Gulf Islands National Seashore is…