Subject:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Mystery Sponge-killing Disease Now Seen From Palm Beach To Lower Keys

    From Sombrero Reef down in the Keys to the waters of West Palm Beach, red barrel sponges are disintegrating at worrisome rates. The culprit is unknown, and state scientists are busy trying to figure out just how widespread the disease outbreak is.At the end of April, Ed Tichenor of Palm Beach C ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2012

    The World's Coral Reefs Are Being Decimated, All for a Few Gaudy Trinkets

    From Sombrero Reef down in the Keys to the waters of West Palm Beach, red barrel sponges are disintegrating at worrisome rates. The culprit is unknown, and state scientists are busy trying to figure out just how widespread the disease outbreak is.At the end of April, Ed Tichenor of Palm Beach C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    JAVMA Probes Whether Burmese Pythons Are Mere Hype or Slithering Destructive Force

    ​Despite the string of national headlines, television specials, a federal ban, and grotesque photographs, it's becoming increasingly unclear whether Burmese pythons are permanently wrecking the Everglades or if they're just an overhyped nuisance. Earlier this year, scientists r ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 9, 2012

    Sushi Bon in Lantana: Sustainable Sushi That Reels in Regulars

    ​Despite the string of national headlines, television specials, a federal ban, and grotesque photographs, it's becoming increasingly unclear whether Burmese pythons are permanently wrecking the Everglades or if they're just an overhyped nuisance. Earlier this year, scientists r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Why Local Fish Costs As Much As It Does

    ​I'd been hearing about Sushi Bon since the week I moved here as worth the trek an hour north of where I live for fresh, local sushi. I was told to skip the hard copy of the menu and look to the board by the sushi bar. I finally visited several times to see for myself.I had also heard chef Ebi Han ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods America: Get Your Own Turtle, Raccoon to Eat

    ​Get ready for another season of Bizarre Foods, as host Andrew Zimmern eats his way through the entire wildlife encyclopedia. This year, Zimmern's staying in the United States, giving us at home the opportunity to try strange foods in our own backyard.This morning, Zimmern visited the Today Show t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    South Florida Alligator Trappers Wanted, Only Need an Email Address and No Criminal History

    Jobs, people, jobs.​Who says there aren't any jobs out there?If you've got an email address and have managed to avoid being arrested, you can get a job in Palm Beach County (or Martin County) now.All you have to do is capture some alligators.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Gene Stimmler's Alleged Penis Comments Led to Police Finding a Dead Cougar in His Freezer

    Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeGene Stimmler​When the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office received a report about a landlord-tenant dispute that involved 73-year-old Gene Stimmler allegedly talking about his penis to a 15-year-old boy, a sheriff's deputy had some questions for him.Then the deput ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Reminder From Broward County: Don't Mow Over Sea Cows

    snuzzy.comDon't run over manatees with your spaceship either.​Due to new rules from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the impending manatee season in Broward County, the Natural Resources Planning and Management Division would like to remind you not to slice up sea cows wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Florida Has World's Worst Invasive Amphibian and Reptile Problem, According to UF Research

    University of FloridaThis iguana doesn't belong in Florida, but here it is at someone's front door in Lake Worth.​If you're looking for a reptile or amphibian species that "causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health," chances are, it's in Florida.According ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Wildlife Officers Find Felon With a Gun, as Well as a Few Bags Containing 260 Baby Alligators

    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionThat, ladies and gentlemen, is a sack of alligators.​Here's what Robert "Bo" Martin Duval and Christopher Cork Scroggins found out a few days ago: Having a sack full o' baby alligators is a felony.According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Mayor Jack Seiler Responds to Sea Turtle Activists Clamoring for His Attention

    Hmm, Quite.​Activists protesting the death of baby sea turtles because of Fort Lauderdale's flawed beach lighting know how to get Mayor Jack Seiler's attention: holding signs up against the windows of City Hall during a commission meeting, passing out his private cell phone number, calling him a m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Florida Panther Population Up to a Whopping 160; Everything Is Wonderful Now

    ​Hunters and environmentalists are clashing over a plan that would open the last unhunted section of Big Cypress National Preserve in the Everglades to hunting. Opponents argue that a man-made reduction in the white-tailed deer population would reduce a primary food source for the region's dwindli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Alligator That Attacked Old Woman Was Shot in the Head, Likely Hit by Car, and Is Finally Dead

    marathonbooks.comNot the alligator that attacked a 90-year-old woman, survived a bullet to the brain, and a possible car crash, but an alligator nonetheless.​An alligator that wildlife officials believe attacked a 90-year-old woman last week before being shot in the head -- and possibly hit by a c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Tree-Huggers and Gun-Toters Trade Barbs in Meeting on Proposed Everglades Hunting

    Flickr: artur.pedziwilkReady, aim, fire! Deer in Big Cypress.​A room at the Weston Hyatt was split down the middle last night between hunters and environmentalists who offered two-minute commentaries on what action the Park Service should take regarding deer hunting in the 146,000-acre Big Cypress ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Meet Jesus Hernandez, Fort Lauderdale's Unsuspecting, Unauthorized Monkey Salesman

    Rafiki, the 1-year-old marmoset monkey that's causing problems for Jesus Hernandez.​When a young man came to Jesus Hernandez's Fort Lauderdale home the other day to buy the marmoset monkey he'd been advertising online, he thought he was going to get $2,700 and say so long to 1-year-old Rafiki.Inst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Alligators Paying Visits to South Florida Neighborhoods

    Alligators: Bad for neighborhoods, great for rasslin'.​Another day, another gator.For the second time this week, an alligator paid a visit to a South Florida neighborhood, according to a WSVN report.Early this morning, people living in a Plantation neighborhood near Sunrise Boulevard and Flamingo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Florida Wildlife Commission: Be on the Lookout for Freak Seven-Foot Lizards

    U.S. Geological SurveyThis is a Nile Monitor lizard, which you should not wrestle​If you see a seven-foot lizard in your Broward or Palm Beach residence, that's a problem, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.Nile Monitor lizards, native to Africa, have been popping u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Hideous Giant Squid Found Off the Coast of Jensen Beach

    howstuffworks.com​Ever wonder what a 23-foot-long disgusting giant squid looks like?Absolutely repulsive is what it looks like.We got a hold of a photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken somewhere between the discovery of the squid off the coast of Jensen Beach, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    7-Foot Burmese Python Escapes in West Palm Beach

    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionThe 7-foot snake that was slithering around West Palm Beach​The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission isn't too happy with David T. Beckett after they say his 7-foot Burmese python escaped its enclosure and began wandering around res ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2011

    Sharks Attack; Fishermen and Scientists Battle

    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionThe 7-foot snake that was slithering around West Palm Beach​The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission isn't too happy with David T. Beckett after they say his 7-foot Burmese python escaped its enclosure and began wandering around res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2011

    Burmese Pythons Not Going Anywhere

    Courtesy, AP/Everglades Nat'l Park​At left, you'll find the single most interesting picture taken in Florida in the last five years. (Other than this one, I mean.) Pictured is a 13-foot Burmese Python which has bitten off more than it can chew -- except the python has dispensed with the biting, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Things You Shouldn't Eat: Sperm Whale, Sea Turtle Eggs, Out-of-Season Alligator

    ​​If your neighbor invites you over for a slice of barbecued sperm whale, don't start planning the sides you'll bring. There's a decent chance your meal could land you in the clink.As several locals have discovered recently, tampering with protected wildlife can cost you. It all began earlier th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Chillax, Bird-Watchers! Those Dead Shearwaters Are Not BP's Fault.

    Flickr: Callocephalon PhotographyThis is what a shearwater looks like when it's alive.​For those fretting about the effect of the Gulf spill on seabirds, fret not for the greater shearwaters. Yes, some 35 of those majestic birds have been found dead along the South Florida coast, from Delray to C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Record Number of Florida Panthers Killed By Vehicles Last Year

    flickr.comA panther photographed in Palm Beach county last year.​One of the latest came at the end of December, on I-75 in western Broward county. It was a 110-pound male, crossing the highway around 1 a.m. Last year, 17 Florida panthers were killed by vehicles, according to the Florida Fish and W ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2009

    On the Hunt for Exotic Lizards in the Florida Everglades

    flickr.comA panther photographed in Palm Beach county last year.​One of the latest came at the end of December, on I-75 in western Broward county. It was a 110-pound male, crossing the highway around 1 a.m. Last year, 17 Florida panthers were killed by vehicles, according to the Florida Fish and W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Whacking Day Comes to South Florida

     The day is upon us. Yes, every Simpsons fan knows Whacking Day started in 1924 as an excuse to beat up the Irish. And yes, technically Texas has had organized snake whacking for years. But now Florida's bravest most cunning snake-hatingest citizens will descend upon the swamps of this state ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    South Florida's Best Fishing Hole, the L-67A Canal, Falls Victim to Environmentalists

     The day is upon us. Yes, every Simpsons fan knows Whacking Day started in 1924 as an excuse to beat up the Irish. And yes, technically Texas has had organized snake whacking for years. But now Florida's bravest most cunning snake-hatingest citizens will descend upon the swamps of this state ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    When Animal Activists Attack

    Bitten on the set of a Rick Ross video, Mark McCarthy now squares off against animal activists.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Wild Iguana Catchers/Eaters Welcome in Florida

    Alexander Rust and Vanessa Palm should have vacationed in South Florida instead of the Bahamas. The pair of 20-something Midwesterners were arrested over the weekend for catching, then grilling and consuming, an endangered iguana in the Exuma Cays. Here in Florida, tho ... More >>

  • News

    December 25, 2008

    Hog Huntin'

    A lost art or a horrible slaughter? It's all in the eye of the hunter.

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    The Horror

    Blood on Fort Lauderdale Beach

  • News

    July 10, 2008

    Ambushed by Seminole Blackjack

    Shut Up and Shuffle

  • News

    July 3, 2008

    Manee Nanny

    Coddle the Cows

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    Doggone

    Coddle the Cows

  • News

    December 27, 2007

    Duck, Duck, Shoot

    Petite and badass, she keeps hunters in her sights

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    See Cows?

    Somebody Bad Stole the Manatees

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    Rebreathe Deep the Gathering Doom

    How did a careful, experienced dive instructor find himself 200 feet underwater off Hallandale Beach with no way to survive?

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Letters for November 16-22, 2006

    How did a careful, experienced dive instructor find himself 200 feet underwater off Hallandale Beach with no way to survive?

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Off the Leash

    In the exotic pet universe, it's all about whose is weirder than whose.

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    Jer-ry! Jer-ry!

    Democratic Extravaganza

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Democratic Extravaganza

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    The Egg Men

    Volunteers spend millions of hours trying to rescue sea turtles. So how come so few people care about busting poachers?

  • Calendar

    March 7, 2002

    Reel Women

    Ladies, Let's Go Fishing! teaches female fisherfolk the basics

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Slaughter Alley

    Big, dead cats in the middle of the road -- lots of them

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 17, 2001

    Best Hunting

    J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 11, 2000

    Best Hunting

    West of U.S. Highway 27

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Awful Fishy

    For Broward's canal fisherman, potentially toxic levels of mercury are a part of the catch of the day

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