Florida Wildlife

Disney closed but soon reopened Liberty Square, Adventureland and Frontierland, which includes the Country Bear Jamboree.

A team of University of Central Florida scientists has identified a rise in sick frogs in the area and a resulting die-off.

The lawsuit comes a dozen years after federal environmental regulators said the tortoises needed added protection to survive.

The FWC says the disease was found in a 4-year-old female white-tailed deer that was hit by a car in Holmes County.

State wildlife officials lobbied for the change before they announced Operation Viper, in which people were busted for allegedly illegally selling venomous snakes.

They say the federal government has previously agreed to added protections for the species but has since backtracked.

The award-winning film will be released in over 40 theaters in Florida on Feb. 24. The film's photographer and producer will host Q&A sessions this weekend in Tampa.

Wildlife officials are using a new method to help control the explosive population growth of the invasive snake by tracking down their prey.

“Florida bonneted bats desperately need critical habitat protection, and the Fish and Wildlife Service has excluded crucial areas threatened by development right now,” said attorney Ragan Whitlock with the Center for Biological Diversity.

It will be the second year the wildlife agencies have taken the unprecedented step of providing lettuce for manatees at the power plant in Cape Canaveral.