Sixty years ago, these freshwater springs and forests were drowned by a 9,500-acre reservoir. Could the ecosystem finally be ...

Two influential lawmakers, Sen. Jason Brodeur and Rep. Wyman Duggan, have filed legislation ( SB 1066, HB 981) requiring the ...

You’re already thinking about getting away. Now imagine a Florida destination where winter and early spring are defined by ...

The Rodman/Kirkpatrick Dam, an early piece of the never-completed Cross Florida Barge Canal, flooded this swampy landscape in ...

If seeing viral videos of alligators on front porches, golf courses, in pools or at the beach while scrolling through social media feels normal to you, you just might be a Floridian. About 1.3 million ...

Rivers are sacred things, all the more important and sublime in a watery land like Florida. Rivers connect our present to our past, connect our swamps and wetlands to our oceans, and create boundless ...

Long before the Florida Turnpike or Interstate 75 connected the state’s growing metros, manatees had their own tunnel system allowing them to shimmy from the Keys all the way to Georgia: rivers. The ...

An estimated 1.3 million alligators live throughout all 67 counties in Florida. Alligators are most commonly found in freshwater lakes and slow-moving rivers. A Southwest Florida river is considered ...

Florida has an estimated alligator population of 1.3 million, spread across all 67 counties. The St. Johns River has the highest estimated alligator population of all rivers in the state, exceeding ...

By Victor Block Crystal River, Florida, a village perched on the state's west coast, has a human population of about 3,400 ...