Since June 16, when trackers glued a satellite transmitter atop her shell, PPJ739 has traveled about 2,200 kilometers (1,350 miles) _ about the distance between Naples and Columbus, Ohio _ stopping off in the Dry Tortugas before catching a ride on the currents through the Florida Straits to Bimini and then making a beeline for [...]
The arrival of two ovenbirds and a black and white warbler to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic is the first sign that fall migration has begun.
Twelve pythons, destined for illegal sale on Craigslist, never made it out the door of a New Port Richey home, thanks to a tip to Lt. Steve DeLacure, an investigator for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, FWC reports show.
Drivers can pull into the rest stop at mile marker 63 on Alligator Alley to grab a cup of coffee or maybe a candy bar. This weekend, though, travelers also can get an earful. Outdoors enthusiasts from all over South Florida are expected to converge on the rest stop at 1 p.m. Sunday to protest [...]
Two decades ago, scallops were virtually nonexistent in Tampa Bay. But in recent decades, thanks to sound fisheries management, habitat restoration and improvements in water quality, these shellfish have staged a dramatic comeback. On Saturday, Aug. …
