Florida's Wildlife Commission approved a black bear hunting season for December, facing immediate legal challenges from ...

Bear Warriors United argues a new rule gives the FWC executive director "unbridled authority" to create hunting zones and ...

Opponents of Florida’s first sanctioned black bear hunt in a decade are suing to stop the planned killings, arguing the ...

There’s a snake the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is calling “the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow,” ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials are asking for the public’s help finding and photographing a rare snake.The rainbow snake is a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Polk County leaders said Tuesday they are closer to getting a swim area/vessel exclusion zone approved by the state of ...

A former licensed reptile dealer has been sentenced after more than 100 exotic reptiles were found abandoned in a storage ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — It's one of Florida's most dazzling reptiles, but also one of its most endangered. The ...

Florida wildlife officials are asking the public to help track sightings of rainbow snakes, a rare, nonvenomous species that has declined in recent decades.

If you spot a particular, colorful snake in South Florida or elsewhere, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wants you to snap a picture and report it.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking for the public’s help in documenting a shimmering yet elusive ...

FWC revealed the woman was hiking through the water when she unintentionally made contact with the alligator. She was bitten ...