Florida Wildlife

The more than 12,000 acres along Fisheating Creek in Highlands County is surrounded on all sides by previously preserved lands.

Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, says his bill is needed because of an increase in bears venturing into residential areas of his sprawling North Florida district.

Atalas are small butterflies with inky black wings that are speckled with iridescent blue spots, and a bright red body.

Kirsten Hines' visual and literary opus covers the vast variety of creatures that call Florida home.

Author and photographer Kirsten Hines takes readers on a visual and narrative journey. She'll talk about her book at Tallahassee's Midtown Reader on Jan. 18th at 6:30 p.m.

The world's most-visited theme park has become — almost by accident — one of the most important links in a corridor for wildlife spanning the length of Florida. It was created by the very organization that was responsible for kickstarting sprawl in Central Florida a half-century ago.

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.