In Rotonda West, a Charlotte County resident came across a massive Burmese python measuring around 12 feet long Tuesday night ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

Six snake species in Florida can kill you, but few people have died in 20 years. Still, researchers say we need to learn more about why we get bitten.

A customer was at a Pollo Tropical drive-thru when the snake incident took place Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has previously appeared in The U.S. Sun, National ...

In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had transplanted as part of our ...

Healthy corals, like this one in Puerto Rico, have color. Bleached corals appear white. By Seán Kinane/WMNF News (2015). In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry ...

After a searing ocean heat wave in 2023, two of the most historically important coral species in Florida are functionally extinct from the state’s reef, scientists have found. Elkhorn and staghorn ...

In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had transplanted as part of our ...

"Known as 'Georgia's Little Amazon,' the Altamaha River winds 137 miles from central Georgia and out to the Atlantic Ocean. It's the largest free-flowing river on the east coast and Georgia’s largest ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - A Florida driver waiting in line at a Pollo Tropical drive-thru got more than what he bargained for on Monday. "I was in the driver-thru line for Pollo Tropical when I saw a snake ...