Vessel safety checks help FWC law enforcement officers uncover crimes such as impaired boating and fishing violations.

Here’s where Florida ranks on SmileHub’s top 15 best states for wildlife protection and a little bit about invasive species ...

Florida saw its highest number of manatee calf deaths since 2013. Over half were reported in the Indian River Lagoon, which ...

We’ve all heard the age-old question asking why the chicken crossed the road. In Florida, we ask why the alligator crossed ...

Multiple Florida boaters over the last few years say they were mistakenly arrested after performing poorly on a series of ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, says it's the largest panther they've ever weighed.

An unusually big panther seen for years on trail cameras proved to be even more impressive when dogs cornered it in a tree, according to Florida state researchers. It was captured Jan. 29 at Babcock ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission via Facebook Wildlife biologists have discovered the heaviest endangered Florida panther on record: an adult male that tipped the scales at 166 ...

A team of Florida researchers captured and collared a 166-pound male panther. They say it's the heaviest panther ever caught ...

Biologists recently captured, collared and released a very stout male cat. When they weighed him, they realized he was the ...

The massive panther was tranquilized and captured with a net, after it had climbed a tree, before it was weighed and collared ...

While Florida has strong legal protections for wildlife, it ranks poorly in categories such as invasive species threat and vulnerability to climate change. According to the Fish and Wildlife ...