Endangered Species

No more than 9,500 scrub jays are believed to be flitting about Florida, the only place in the world where the blue-and-grayish-brown birds can be found.

One of the rarest and least-known species of whales off of Florida's Gulf Coast could soon be listed as a threatened or endangered species. Not much is...

The manatee is a sort of Florida symbol - their squished noses and doughy bodies are just objectively one of the cutest things in our waters. But this...

Florida wildlife authorities approved new protected areas Wednesday for some of the state’s most iconic and imperiled bird species.

Florida wildlife authorities say the state's panther population is expanding beyond the endangered animal's primary habitat in southwest Florida.For the…

People in the Keys have been living alongside Key deer for a long time. And for ages, wildlife officials have implored people: Don't feed the deer.

Sea turtle nesting season wrapped up at the end of October. The data is still being compiled, but initial reports indicate it was a particularly good...

This is the time of year when manatees start migrating to warmer waters, and state wildlife officials are urging boaters to slow down. Florida’s manatee…

An agricultural emergency has been declared in the Florida Keys over a fly larvae infestation threatening endangered deer found that are found...

May 1 through Oct. 31 marks the official sea turtle nesting season on Florida beaches. Threatened Loggerhead sea turtles are most prominent locally,…