The city of Hollywood and the nonprofit Ocean Rescue Alliance International have teamed up to deploy a snorkel-friendly ...

A pilot program that gives students hands-on experiene designing artificial reefs got a financial boost from Coastal Conservation Association ...

On Thursday, local students saw all their hard work come to fruition. On May 8, a program sponsored by the Bay County Artificial Reef Association, the University of ...

In 2023, the state awarded a $10 million grant to Monroe County and the Florida Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission to construct, monitor and maintain an artificial reef program. The network is ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County.

A Florida man was found dead in the woods near Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County on Monday, May 5, apparently mauled by a bear. Wildlife officials were called to the scene ...

An 89-year-old man and his dog were found dead May 5 in Collier County near Naples, after what Florida officials say is the first fatal bear attack in the state's recorded history. Officials said ...

it would be the first death by bear attack in Florida. The last documented black bear attack in Collier County happened Jan. 9, 2018, when a black bear attacked a man in his North Naples yard.

A critically endangered Florida Panther has been killed by a vehicle in Collier County, marking the sixth death of 2025. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission‘s ...