The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

DeSantis awards $13M in Panama City to boost aviation, maritime infrastructure and workforce housing, aiming to create jobs and strengthen Panhandle growth.

Around the world, many conservationists are celebrating increases in sea turtle population growth. Cape Verde in West Africa now has 100 times as many loggerhead turtle nests each year as there were ...

Padre Island National Seashore is reducing volunteer patrols for the upcoming Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season. Volunteers and community members have expressed concern that fewer nests will be ...

The juvenile loggerhead turtle was found washed up on a Suffolk beach A rare loggerhead turtle - a species not native to UK waters - has been rescued after being found near-dead on a Suffolk beach ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

NEW ORLEANS — Audubon Aquarium is now home to tiny Diamondback terrapins as part of Louisiana’s first-ever terrapin head-start program. Diamondback terrapins are a species of turtle native to the ...

A royal tern was hit by a car in 1968 along the then-new Sanibel Causeway. That single accident led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Southwest Florida's most beloved creatures and the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In an ocean conservation victory, green sea turtles (Chelonia ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has removed 245 pythons so far in 2025. Brian Hargrove was the top hunter in August, capturing 63 invasive snakes. The program ...