The 11 imperiled South Florida species face extinction-level threats from habitat-destroying development and sea-level rise, which continue to close in on the few remaining places they call home. The Service proposed granting urgently needed protections for the animals and plants but missed the mandatory deadlines to finalize those protections.

IT'S OFFICIAL 年 FWC officials gave final approval to designate the Florida reef gecko as a state-designated threatened species.

A spectacular and rare sighting was captured on video off the Southwest Florida coast: An endangered right whale and her calf swimming in the Gulf.

Conservation groups notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Tarpon Blue Silver King I, LLC, today of their intent to file suit in federal court to protect endangered Florida panthers from a massive new development within the panthers’ occupied breeding habitat in southwest Florida.

Legislative action is being taken after a viral video shows the legal capture of an endangered manta ray off the Florida Panhandle.

Before scientists even knew how many Florida scrub millipedes were left in the wild, a quiet breakthrough happened in a University of South Florida lab. The rare, giant millipedes reproduced in captivity.

The Brevard Zoo is ramping up preparations as Florida braces for a rare multi-day freeze, with zookeepers taking extra steps to keep animals warm and safe. Officials say they’re not only protecting the animals,

Conservation groups notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Tarpon Blue Silver King I, LLC, today of their intent to file suit in federal court to protect endangered Florida panthers from a massive new development within the panthers’ occupied breeding habitat in southwest Florida.