Florida Wildlife

But more money has been allocated in this year's state budget for a program that pays farmers and ranchers in the Florida Wildlife Corridor not to develop their land.

Disney World's conservation arm has given $1 million to the foundation that wants to preserve a wildlife corridor through the length of Florida.

The FWC voted 4-1 for staff members to return with rules for a December hunt that would be held in four parts of the state.

State wildlife officials will hear a proposal next week to create an annual black bear hunt. The proposed December hunt would be the first in over a decade.

A judge says Florida needs to seek what is known as an "incidental take permit" from federal wildlife officials to help minimize the effects of discharges on manatees.

These large, non-venomous snakes are listed as threatened because of habitat loss. They are a glossy, bluish-black color that can be iridescent in the sunlight.

The toll to Florida parks and wilderness lands amid sweeping federal job cuts includes at least six biologists and other workers at understaffed refuges.

Florida voters will decide whether to approve Amendment 2, which would put hunting and fishing rights in the state Constitution.

The Florida Keys Wildlife Research Institute says no new sawfish deaths have been reported since June. But exactly what caused the situation remains unknown.

A shark attack off Key West and one off Key Biscayne are the latest to be reported in the state this summer. But the number of incidents this year are in line with the annual average.