Blue Spring State Park will require day‑use reservations starting July 15; booking opened July 8 and applies to all visitors, including passholders. Plan ahead and have your confirmation ready.

A mating herd off Porpoise Point left an exhausted female and two males beached Saturday; wildlife crews guided all three back to deeper water.

Conservation crews are juggling ATV patrols and fragile chicks as Florida's nesting season hits full swing.

After months in bankruptcy, Marineland reopens under local nonprofit ownership, keeping its dolphins and refocusing on conservation, education and research.

State officials say FSMI has completed airborne LiDAR and gathered most sonar data, revealing new reefs, paleorivers and offshore sand resources. Processed maps are due fall 2026.

Jacksonville will open 30 community pools for Memorial Day weekend; learn-to-swim registration, season hours and lifeguard hiring details are available online.

A Florida delegation hand‑delivered a letter to Congress warning H.R. 1897 would roll back decades of recovery for manatees, panthers and sea turtles.

St. Johns County has purchased about 33 acres adjacent to the Elkton fairgrounds to reserve land for a future regional park as part of its parks expansion. Officials say the buy supports a larger $123M parks program.

A Facebook reel shows sharks swimming near the St. Johns County Ocean Pier in St. Augustine Beach. County officials and experts urge beachgoers to follow lifeguards and check updates.

A missed paperwork deadline cost Jacksonville a $1M state grant for James Weldon Johnson Park; the city already spent that money on early design and monument work.

Volunteers patrolling Jacksonville’s Ortega River found multiple dead birds they say were killed by rodenticides. State and national groups warn those poisons threaten raptors.

A harbor seal was seen on a Mosquito Lagoon sandbar south of Ponce Inlet; Hubbs‑SeaWorld responders photographed it before it swam off. Officials ask the public to report sightings.

A troop of rhesus macaques at Silver Springs State Park offers dramatic wildlife sightings while prompting safety warnings and renewed questions about management.