2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (133+ words) Naples man who said puppy died from fall arrested for animal cruelty'Naples Daily News Naples man who said puppy died from fall arrested for animal cruelty Medical officials found a rib fracture with associated lung punctures; a healed rib fracture…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (353+ words) Note to readers: This is another installment of our "What We Do" series, taking a closer look at our journalists and the stories they have written. Today we talk to Liz Freeman about her 2025 piece on pet therapy programs in…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (999+ words) They're fearless scientists who capture alligators, track invasive pythons, stop the spread of destructive species and protect some of Florida's most fragile ecosystems. All while you're sleeping. Known as "croc docs," University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (671+ words) It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle with the 202-pound, 16-foot, 10-inch beast (you…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (9+ words) Near record python measured using human bodies'Naples Daily News...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (248+ words) Earlier this year, on Jan. 13, a contracted python hunter working for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, eliminated a massive female snake from the Everglades. The hunter, Carl Jackson, said the python he caught in the video at the…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (363+ words) Florida saw about a week of freezing and below-freezing temperatures that are slowly warming back up. With cold weather in Florida comes falling iguanas in the southern regions of the state, where the huge lizards are invasive. But when an…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (714+ words) As expected, green iguanas living in Southwest Florida froze and fell to the ground in many places early Sunday morning (Feb. 1). Temperatures plummeted into the low 30's as far south as Naples and for the invasive green iguanas, which have…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (437+ words) When it comes to the green iguana, an invasive species in Florida, the extreme cold temperatures coming to the state this weekend present an "opportunity knocks" situation for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and its efforts to manage…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (446+ words) It was earlier this month (Jan. 2) when Burmese python hunter Carl Jackson caught one of the heaviest pythons on record in Florida. His catch, a 16-foot, 10-inch female python hiding in the Big Cypress National Preserve, weighed 202 pounds. The record…...