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A 9-foot alligator was removed from Tampa's Selmon Expressway last weekend
Hitting an alligator with your car can be deadly.
By Colin Wolf
Tags: Tampa Bay News, Florida alligators, FWC, Tampa alligator
Overweight Temple Terrace gator named 'Coca-Cola' finds new home at reptile farm
"This alligator is extremely overweight and now accustomed to getting fed by people."
Tags: Tampa Bay News, Temple Terrace alligator, Coca-Cola the alligator, FWC
Florida wildlife officials will consider listing manatees as endangered species again
Florida had a record 1,100 manatee deaths in 2021, followed by 800 deaths in 2022.
By Jim Saunders and News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, FWC, Florida manatee deaths
Florida officials ask for $7 million to clean up abandoned boats
“I just think that this problem is only going to get bigger, as more people move to Florida..."
By Jim Turner and News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, FWC, Florida abandoned boats
'We’ve got way too many': Florida Republican wants state to hold a bear hunt
A 2017 estimate placed the bear population in Florida at 4,050.
Tags: Florida News, Florida black bears, Jason Shoaf, FWC
'The public does not support it': No Florida bear hunt this year, officials confirm
The commission last approved a bear hunt in 2015, the first in more than two decades.
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, FWC, Florida bear hunt
Central Florida spring temporarily closed after alligator bites snorkeler
July is peak alligator nesting season, folks.
Tags: Tampa Bay News, FWC, Ocala National Forest, Alexander Springs, Florida alligator
'I felt like Batman, for real': Florida MMA fighter captures 10-foot gator near elementary school
We're in the full swing of alligator mating season in Florida.
By Chloe Greenberg
Tags: Florida News, Florida alligator mating season, FWC
Video appears to show Florida man feeding alligator a sandwich
Don't feed alligators.
Tags: Florida News, FWC, Florida alligators, alligator mating season
Year starts with high numbers of manatee deaths across Florida
The latest figures from Florida are showing that 56 manatees have been found dead so far this year – even more than last year during the same time frame.
By Emma Behrmann and Fresh Take Florida
Tags: Florida News, FWC, Manatee deaths
Tampa Bay is now home to an invasive, air-breathing fish
Researchers noted that goldine snakeheads were seen hunting frogs on land.
Tags: Tampa Bay News, goldine snakeheads, invasive species, FWC
Florida wildlife officials want more money for gator trappers and python hunters
“They’re out there in the middle of the night. They’re in dirty, nasty places a lot of times. All hours."
Tags: Florida News, Burmese pythons, FWC, alligator trappers
After record deaths, Florida set to create 'seasonal' manatee protections
Watercraft account for 9 percent of the deaths this year, the same as at this point in 2021.
Tags: Florida News, Florida manatees, FWC, manatee deaths
Tampa woman spots large gator strapped to a car on I-95
There's gotta be a better ways to transport this thing to the deep fryer or the local bootery.
Tags: Tampa Bay News, Florida alligators, FWC, hunting season
Tampa man shares video and details of alligator attack that crushed his skull
Just one thought went through his mind: “I have to get this thing off of me.”
By Justin Garcia
Tags: Tampa Bay News, Thonotosassa, alligator, alligator attack, FWC, La Verde, Defeat X, Tampa Bay
Florida officials ask local perverts to stop interrupting horny manatees
'If you see a manatee mating herd, observe respectfully from a distance. Do NOT touch.'
Tags: Tampa Bay News, manatees, perverts, mating balls, FWC, Sarasota
Two alligators killed elderly woman at Florida country club, says medical examiner
Though extremely rare, there have now been three known fatal alligator attacks so far in 2022.
Tags: Florida News, FWC, alligator, Englewood, Sarasota
New federal lawsuit seeks stronger protections for one of Florida's rarest bats
The bats, named for their large, bonnet-like ears that extend over their foreheads, live only in South Florida.
Tags: Florida News, bonneted bats, Florida, lawsuit, FWC, endangered
Parts of Pasco County are now under quarantine because of giant African land snails
The snails can consume over 500 varieties of plants and are known for their ability to eat through stucco and paint.
By Molly Ryan
Tags: Tampa Bay News, giant african land snails, FWC, invasive species
A new record 18-foot, 215 pound Burmese python was captured in Florida with hoofs in its stomach
'These pythons have the ability to totally alter the ecosystem, and I would say they probably already have.'
Tags: Florida News, Florida, Burmese python, record, FWC
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Florida is getting a naked cruise line next year
By Alexandra Sullivan
Tijuana Flats closes four Tampa Bay locations following bankruptcy filing
By Suzanne Townsend
Chicken tender chain Sugar Wing opens first Florida location in Tampa Bay this week
Ciro’s, one of Tampa's first speakeasy concepts, has closed
By Kyla Fields
The Tampa Bay Lightning is down 0-3 in its first round Stanley Cup Playoff matchup against the Florida Panthers, but at least…
By Ray Roa
Death metal fans at Tampa's Orpheum were sent into a sphere of madness Tuesday night, when metal outfits from four different countries…
By Josh Bradley
Florida’s six-week ban on abortion goes into effect next week, and Kaitlyn Joshua wanted Tampa to know what that means to her.…
A unique double-story geometric dome home made from a combination of brick, wood and stone is now for sale in Florida. Dubbed…
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