In 2019, after Florida was hit hard by the outbreak of both harmful blue-green algae and red tide, newly elected Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a Blue-Green Algae Task Force consisting of the state’s leading environmental scientists who, in October of that year, issued eight recommendations addressing water quality and public health.

Want to know more about Florida’s Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)? Florida’s FWC is more than just some fancy park ranger, they have full law enforcement capabilities and do a lot more than you may think.

Cold weather in Florida made lizards fall from trees. One green iguana fell from a tree in North Miami Beach, as caught on camera.

On Florida’s east coast, offshore Nassau and Volusia counties, an ongoing cold-stunning event has harmed about 120 green sea turtles so far. While that’s far fewer than the hundreds rescued off the Panhandle, it’s the most stressed turtles the state has documented in Northeast Florida, according to the wildlife agency.

During Florida’s historic weather event, FWC officers rescued 30 sea turtles from freezing waters in Gulf County.

FWC says temperatures below 50 can cause sea turtles to become "cold-stunned," making them weak and unable to swim

Deputies then discovered a 28-inch Arapaima in a gray plastic tote that had been fitted with a battery-operated air pump, officials said. The species is native to South America and one of that size is worth $1,000, the affidavit states.

A small plane had to make an emergency landing in Indian River County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee) has issued a health alert in response to a water sample taken on January 27, 2025

The two eaglets from the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam that died within a day of each other tested positive for Avian Influenza.

In a Thursday press conference, officials from the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, also known as CROW, said a necropsy revealed that both eaglets tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as HPAI or bird flu.