Brady-Yak Kayak Tours is paddling the Indian River as the Space Coast heads toward peak bioluminescence season.

Orange County Animal Services outpaced the national shelter average by nearly 19 times, new data shows, even as a bigger facility looms for 2027.

Florida is offering up to 215 bear-hunt permits this year, up from 172 in 2025, with 22 reserved for large private landowners.

A Bok Tower Gardens leaf outdid its own 2025 mark by 102 pounds, using gym weights and a kneeling staffer to prove it.

Tiny see-through creatures hopping along Brevard County sand aren't biters, experts say — they're beach hoppers cleaning up seaweed.

Most of the tiny castaways arrived after their nests were disturbed at area beaches, veterinary staff say.

Central Florida Zoo's Labor Day event pairs a $2 conservation donation with keeper chats on North America's longest native snake.

The $1.8 million walk-up park sits right in front of Panther Lake Elementary and skips restrooms and parking on purpose.

Four working farms near Charlie Creek and the Withlacoochee River are now permanently protected from development.

Tickets for the Central Florida Zoo's seventh annual lantern festival go on sale October 1, with adults-only and sensory-friendly nights on the calendar.

The hatchlings had crawled toward a beach approach instead of the ocean before deputies and county workers stepped in.

Nearly 7,000 gopher tortoises were relocated across Lake and Orange counties in five years. Most left the properties where they were found, but their exact destinations are not easy to track.

A bizarre blob at a Cape Canaveral beach had beachgoers guessing. Marine experts identified it as a colony of organisms called sea pork.