FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As South Florida prepares to see some of the coldest weather since 2010, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is allowing the removal and transport of cold-stunned iguanas without a permit. The agency signed an executive order Friday, because of the coming intense cold front, that establishes temporary regulations that … Read more
YOU NEED TO KNOW Cynthia Diekema, 61, was canoeing with her husband last year when she collided with an alligator in their canoe and both fell into the water, according to a report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently obtained by PEOPLE. During the attack, he said his wife appeared alert, but … Read more
A disturbing encounter with wild animals in a Florida neighborhood is renewing conversations about increasing human-animal conflict and the pressures pushing wild species into closer contact with communities. Officials in Brevard County recently captured a large American alligator after residents saw it swimming through a canal with a dog in its mouth — a moment … Read more