MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A hike through Shark Valley took an unexpected turn for Yatir Nitzany when he spotted something he knew didn’t belong in the Everglades. “I saw one crawling across the trail.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida is home to many dangerous animals and predators residents have learned to identify and coexist with. Some are native, like ...

Florida is home to over 40 native snake species, but only six are venomous. Snakes are most active during the spring and summer months. Florida's venomous snakes have harmless look-alikes, making ...

A budget deal was reached on how much to fund state parks. The House and Senate reached an agreement Sunday to invest millions into supporting the struggling citrus industry, maintain state parks and ...

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - Florida intends to shut down the controversial federal migrant detention center known ‌as "Alligator Alcatraz", the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a ‌federal ...

Pathologists in Florida who freed a 5-foot alligator corpse from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python. Coffee found to have startling effect on aging, says new study He was fooling around on the edge ...

Pathologists in Florida who freed a 5-foot alligator corpse from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python. US launches new strikes on Iran after helicopter downed Spielberg has lost the plot Putin ...

"No Kings" protests against the Trump administration are planned across Florida. Protesting is a First Amendment right, but Florida has restrictions near certain locations and harsh anti-rioting laws.

A North Fort Myers man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of his neighbor. The incident began with a verbal altercation involving the man's dog. Andrew Perkins, 24, shot at the ...

A tornado watch was issued for parts of the Florida Panhandle on Monday morning. The storms are part of a larger weather system causing severe weather across the Southeast. A tornado watch means ...

President Trump has proposed sending stimulus checks to Americans, funded by tariffs. The possibility of these checks depends on a Supreme Court decision regarding the legality of tariffs. The ...