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

Preserving the area's character was foremost on the minds of residents who gathered to discuss their community's future. ...more

March 30, 2009

Egmont Key and 18 other parks the state threatened to close in a cost-cutting move will remain open, a member of Gov. Charlie Crist's policy team said Thursday. ...more

March 6, 2009

Endangered gopher tortoises are thriving on a Hudson-area site that scores of Beacon Point residents want the county to buy as a preserve. ...more

February 24, 2009

Recession forces people to abandon their exotic animals ...more

February 23, 2009

When developers approached Hillsborough County in 2006 about creating a gated community on a spit of land jutting into the Little Manatee River, environmentalists and community activists responded with e-mail blitzes, T-shirt campaigns and emotional speeches. ...more

January 21, 2009

Developers who want to turn a spit of land on the Little Manatee River into a gated community will test a new Hillsborough Planning Commission policy that some believe will allow more urban sprawl in the rural community. Little Manatee Reserve LLC wants to rezone 46 acres, mostly wetlands, from Agricultural Rural into Planned Development, then add 10 more houses on urban-sized lots to the 22 already approved on an adjacent tract. ...more

January 16, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - When eviction notices go out, recipients normally aren't treated to a free relocation service complete with a guaranteed new home. But, then again, most recipients aren't gopher tortoises. ...more

December 27, 2008

When eviction notices go out, recipients normally aren't treated to a free relocation service complete with a guaranteed new home. But, then again, most recipients aren't gopher tortoises. ...more

December 17, 2008

A 16-year-old girl was mauled by a cougar - but survived - when a neighbor saved her from the animal's cage at a northwest Miami home. ...more

November 16, 2008