The Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge has completed construction of an observation tower accessible from the new trail head that opened in October. Visitors can now observe and photograph wildlife from this two-story tower which is handicapped accessible to ...

The male panther, weighing 154 pounds and between 4 and 5 years old, was the second panther so far this year to be killed in a collision with a vehicle.

Dozens of Naples High School art students spent the past few weeks working on five sea turtle mosaics, which were installed Tuesday in front of the Naples Pier.

An increased presence of coyotes on Florida Gulf Coast University’s campus has left many students wondering if the wildlife is posing a threat. FGCU’s University Police Department has received an increasing number of reports of coyote sightings from students.

The next time you visit the Naples Pier it will be a little bit different. A bright mosaic of sea turtles will greet visitors as they walk towards the pier.

Record cold weather is to blame for killing at least 193 of the endangered sea cows between Jan. 1 and March 5, including 17 in Lee County and 15 in Collier County, according to the most recent figures available from ...

The uncollared female panther is the first roadkill of 2010 and the second panther death overall.

After a three-day trial in 2006, a jury acquitted Joseph Ulrich of wrongdoing in connection with the destruction of an eagle nest in 2003 at the Majors subdivision in Lely Resort in East Naples.

Naples City Council members earlier this month took the first step in moving ahead with a master plan for areas that aren’t part of the sewer system. That plan — first discussed in September 2008 — would install central sewer ...

Red tide research could get a big boost of green under a bill federal lawmakers passed Friday

Key Marco Community Association was slapped with fines and a requirement to mitigate what the code board ruled, about one year ago, was irreparable damage to protected habitat in Key Marco. While the association has appealed the code board’s decision ...

Landscapers came across a slithery surprise on Marco Island today as they discovered a 9-foot python sneaking out from underneath a home's lanai just before noon.

In a vote with political ramifications for Gov. Charlie Crist, the South Florida Water Management District voted unanimously this morning to extend a March 31 deadline tied to closing the $536 million deal until Sept. 30.

The most common sea turtle to nest on Southwest Florida beaches would move from threatened to endangered status under a proposal unveiled today by federal agencies.

A python patrol could soon be on the trail of a slithering menace in Southwest Florida. For years, pythons have been spreading across the Everglades, raising worries about how the non-native invaders might disrupt the South Florida ecosystem.