Wild Nature

Believers, researchers and the curious alike are preparing to gather for the 2026 Great Florida Bigfoot Conference at the World Equestrian Center.

A Florida fishing captain got a rare glimpse of a giant great white shark off the state’s coast, capturing the encounter on camera and describing it as “a monster."

As temperatures begin to rise after a recent freeze, the Brevard Zoo is working to rescue and treat dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles found along the Indian River Lagoon.

A new executive order allows Florida residents to remove live, cold-stunned green iguanas from the wild without the usually required permits.

Over 100 vultures were reported dead at Blue Spring State Park this month. Now, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is conducting an investigation to determine how the vultures died.

While recent freezing temperatures have unsettled humans across Florida, the waters remain relatively warm for migrating whales, drawing more of the marine mammals to the region, wildlife experts say.

Seaweed stuck on Florida's shores is causing a billion-dollar impact. Now, a published study by researchers in Rhode Island, shows that seaweed is creating losses that ripple across tourism, fishing, restaurants, and local jobs.

Beachgoers along Florida’s Space Coast are being urged to use caution after Portuguese man o’ war and blue jellyfish were spotted washing ashore in recent days.

Local fisherman captured a rare sighting of Humpback whales on camera about 20 miles of the coast of Port Canaveral. Here's what we know

A great blue heron became entangled in fishing line and was left hanging in trees in Brevard County until a passerby stepped in to help.

A bobcat was spotted roaming through a residential neighborhood in Orange County, surprising homeowners and renewing warnings from wildlife officials about encounters as development expands.

Brevard Zoo is preparing to return nearly 20 rehabilitated black bears to the wild following a record-breaking year that brought more orphaned cubs to the facility than ever before.

A newly released report describes how a canoe startled an 11-foot alligator in shallow water, leading to a deadly attack on a woman at Lake Kissimmee State Park in May.

Oyster reefs in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon are showing signs of recovery after decades of damage from overharvesting, pollution, and boat activity, which wiped out more than half of the habitat.

After Florida’s first black bear hunt in nearly a decade ended with far fewer animals killed than allowed, conservation groups say their efforts are shifting toward a larger legal fight.

More than a dozen critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are being treated in Central Florida after a cold snap stunned them along the New England coast.

North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Brevard near Canova Park on Wednesday.