Catching pythons is less about skill and more about technique — at least according to Toby Benoit.

Iconic elkhorn and staghorn corals took the heaviest losses, and researchers say they are at risk of becoming “functionally extinct” in the Florida Reef.

With its densely built coastline and economic and fiscal reliance on development, Florida is an extreme case of how climate change threatens both the built environment and urban land governance. We conducted one of the first statewide assessments of how sea level rise will affect Florida’s municipal revenues.

In the wake of the damage Hurricane Idalia walloped Florida with, residents in the city of Ocala remain thankful their area remains a relative 'safe haven' through the Sunshine State's stormy weather.

Florida already has deep property insurance problems. Rates are skyrocketing for tens of thousands of homeowners.

With giant pincers and rough, spider-like legs, Caribbean king crabs don’t look like your typical heroes. Yet these crustaceans may be key to solving one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems: the decline of coral reefs.

Unlike almost any other archaeologist on earth, Jessi Halligan does her digging underwater.

White blankets of sand, bright blue water and palm trees swaying with the breeze – it’s the picturesque landscape that comes to mind when you think of Florida’s beaches. But this stunning scenery comes at a cost with the need to regularly artificially replenish eroding shorelines, a process also known as beach nourishment.

MIAMI — Florida leads the nation in strict building codes, and the decades of hard work have paid off in the increasing number of homes and buildings that survive each time a hurricane slashes the state.

Hurricane Ian destroyed what used to be. What will tomorrow look like?

A dead body was found in the jaws of a huge alligator in Florida on Friday. The body has been identified as Sabrina Peckham, 41, who was previously caught trespassing onto nearby wetland.

Climate-fueled disasters like Hurricane Ian are wreaking havoc on home values across the nation, but Florida’s messy insurance market makes it one of the most stressed, new research out of a nonprofit climate modeling group indicates.

Humans loathe the deadly impact of storm surge, and for good reason. But new research shows how juvenile tarpon and snook can actually benefit from it. In turn, scientists are learning how to design more eco-friendly developments that help the fish survive.

As the last remaining corals on Florida’s reefs circle the drain of a heating ocean, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a report that reminds us of another coral disaster.

North Atlantic right whales, which calve off the Georgia coast, have fewer than 350 individuals remaining

A long drive by Key Biscayne to get federal aid for its beach mitigation and renourishment advanced last week as a county committee pushed the effort forward toward an Oct. 3 vote by the county commission.

It's not just flamingos ― other creatures that call Florida home today have a history with hurricanes.

Analysis from global reinsurance firm Swiss Re reveals that, while building code improvements in Florida have dramatically reduced the potential for insured losses from storms and hurricanes, that reduction is dwarfed by the huge gains in exposure in the state.

The goliath grouper, a colossus of a fish that can weigh up to 360 kilograms (nearly 800 pounds), is the delight of divers in Florida, though scientists warn their numbers are down since the US state allowed fishing of the giants to resume.

Red tide in the water and in the air contribute to manatee deaths on Florida’s west coast, setting the region’s waterways apart from other troubled areas of manatee mortality in Florida, researchers say.

A red-hot visitor influx at the World’s Most Famous Beach over the past two summers continued to cool in July.