Wild Nature

When marine biologist Stuart Sandin talks about sharks, it sounds like he’s describing Jedis of the ocean. “They are terrific predators, fast swimmers and they have amazing senses — they can detect any disturbance in the ocean from great distance,” such as smells or tiny changes in water currents.

Brood X, the largest and most widespread brood of cicadas in the U.S., is set to emerge from the ground this spring after 17 years.

Scientists have been tracking this specific animal since the late 1990s but only now have determined the whale is completely unique and in a species of its own.

The boaters were fishing about 65 miles off the coast of the Tampa Bay area when a massive great white shark approached, taking a bite out of one of their boat's motors.

She explained to FOX 35 that these animals are critically endangered. 

"And I promise there will be bonuses to that reward!"

"Knowing what lurks in the waters, they were concerned the alligators would get to the dog before units could arrive."

Someone scraped the word "TRUMP" into the back of a Nature Coast manatee, and now federal investigators are trying to figure out who did it.

The panther is the first wild Florida panther that has been treated in the Glass Animal Hospital at Naples Zoo since it opened in 2020.

The Trump administration on Tuesday finalized changes that weaken the government's enforcement powers under a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species, brushing aside warnings that billions of birds could die as a result.

Technically, the term murmuration refers to the bizarre-looking feat when hundreds, sometimes thousands, of starlings fly in swooping, intricately coordinated patterns through the sky. As for what it looks like? A massive swarm of shape-shifting black birds flying in unison among the clouds. 

Here's a problem only golfers in Florida would face: how to retrieve a ball stuck on a gator's tail on the golf course.

A man who was bitten by a shark in the water off Maui has died from injuries he suffered in the attack, a hospital official said.

A Florida wildlife photographer answered a question no one thought to ask -- until they saw her photos.

Drone footage shows a school of bunker fish twisting and turning as some sharks give chase.