A woman was bit in the elbow by an alligator on Monday while paddling at the Tiger Creek Preserve in Polk County, FWC officials told WESH 2.

An alligator attacked a woman while she was paddling in Polk County Monday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

In 2024, 36 panther deaths were recorded by state wildlife officials, the most since 2016. State statistics show the majority ...

FWC officers are investigating the incident and urge anyone who witnessed the accident or has video footage or information to ...

Authorities are searching for a boater who struck a diver and fled the scene in a hit-and-run off of Oakland Park that left the diver hospitalized.

Voss is a professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida. Her research focuses on historical analysis of women journalists’ careers, women’s political influence, and the definition of ...

“FWC's marine mammal team rescued a 7-foot cold-stressed manatee on (Feb. 26), and it was transported to Bishop Museum’s ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety internet-completion courses in ...

For nearly 30 years, researchers at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute have been monitoring fish disease and fish kills across Florida, ...

A truck overturned in Palm Beach County, trapping two people. A multi-agency rescue effort successfully extracted the victims ...