Endangered Species

Little Money, a 365-pound green sea turtle, needed a little encouragement - and help - to return to the ocean Friday in Marathon.

Sea Turtles Return Home To Roam - But You Can Follow Them Online

Nancy Klingener

The Turtle Hospital in Marathon releases 50 to 60 sea turtles back to the ocean every year. On Friday two unusually large turtles returned to the sea —...

Officials: 8 Sea Turtle Nests Run Over On Beach

The Associated Press

Wildlife officials want to know who ran over eight sea turtle nests on a South Siesta Key beach.

State Officials Investigating Turtle Deaths In Florida

The Associated Press

Environmental officials are investigating a freshwater turtle die-off in Florida.

FWC Releases Most Recent Manatee Death Data

Ryan Dailey

The most recent data on manatee deaths has been released by The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Federal Wildlife Officials Conducting Review Of Threatened, Endangered Species

Daylina Miller

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are asking Floridians to help with a five-year review of 35 endangered or threatened fish, wildlife, and plants.

Cracking Open a Cold One for the Butterflies

Rachel Iacovone

A new Florida beer launched last Friday, but the brew is not only for beer lovers. It’s also for butterflies.Bartram’s Blonde Beer gets its name from the…

Turn Down The Lights! Sea Turtles Are Nesting In South Florida

Kate Stein

Forget the Easter bunny. In South Florida, spring means sea turtles. Three types -- leatherbacks, loggerheads and green sea turtles -- lay their eggs on...

The world's only population of Key deer lives on the Lower Florida Keys. In recent years, the herd has dealt with a deadly screwworm outbreak and a Category 4 hurricane.

Feds Quietly Reconsider Protected Status For Endangered Key Deer

Jenny Staletovich

The last couple of years have not been kind to the endangered Key deer. A grisly, flesh-eating screwworm infected the planet’s only herd in the Lower...

This right whale was spotted off the coast of New England

Endangered Right Whale Spotted In Gulf Of Mexico Off Naples

Associated Press

Scientists say a North Atlantic right whale has made another appearance in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Naples The Naples Daily News reports that...

An endangered grasshopper sparrow sits amid grasses at White Oak, a 10,000-acre conservation preserve north of Jacksonville, one of two captive breeding programs started by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after sparrow numbers plummeted to less than 50

Rare Florida Sparrow Could Vanish This Year And More Birds Could Be At Risk

Jenny Staletovich

The grasshopper sparrow, a tiny Florida prairie bird perched on the verge of extinction for the last decade, may have encountered a final, unconquerable...