Some were too large. Others were unruly. Some were just unwanted. Owners of exotic pets streamed to a location near Busch Gardens on Saturday, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission amnesty day. ...more

November 10, 2009

A manatee whose flipper was discovered entangled in fishing line more than two years ago but has finally been rescued. ...more

April 30, 2009

Gag grouper season in the Gulf of Mexico will reopen on April 1 - although anglers must obey new bag limits. ...more

March 28, 2009

South Florida Community College's Museum of Florida Art and Culture (MOFAC) presents Christopher M. Still: Bringing Florida Archeology to Life, today, 1-2:30 p.m., Building G, Room 101, Highlands campus. ...more

March 26, 2009

The otter population of the Florida Aquarium increased Tuesday when workers received an orphaned male river otter believed to be 3 months old. ...more

March 4, 2009

The otter population of the Florida Aquarium increased Tuesday when workers received an orphaned river otter believed to be three months old. ...more

March 4, 2009

Discover magazine has named research from a University of Tampa shark expert as one of its "Top 100 Stories of 2008." ...more

December 30, 2008

The carrier door swung open and the otter took a cautious step before breaking into a trot toward the water and disappearing with a splash. ...more

December 10, 2008

A Harvard Business School alumnus has given the university its largest individual donation ever - $125 million to start a bioengineering institute, the school announced Tuesday. ...more

October 7, 2008

I feel compelled to respond to a letter that appeared last week regarding a commercial showing aerial hunting of wolves and bears in Alaska. I wonder where this person got his information; it is my understanding that the area originally picked to kill all wolves is 5,000 square miles, and it was so hunters could kill three moose instead of one. ...more

October 6, 2008