Shaded sections of trail provide welcome relief on hot Florida days, making it possible to enjoy a hike even in summer months. It’s nature’s air conditioning, courtesy of the canopy overhead. Benches ...

Peace River K9 Search and Rescue hopes to use Splash to extend search efforts into murky water, where search dogs cannot go.

Peace River K9 Search and Rescue, a Southwest Florida based non-profit, has an unlikely new team member: an otter named ...

So far in his short career, Splash has three successful finds, according to Popular Science, garnering interest from all over ...

You can actually see the sand dancing in perpetual motion as groundwater surges upward from the Floridan Aquifer – a visible manifestation of the invisible hydrological processes that have shaped this ...

Otters are mammals that clearly don’t breathe underwater, but they do taste. To hone his searching abilities, Hadsell and ...

A cooperative in Levy County is proposing an ambitious plan to tackle saltwater intrusion, septic-to-sewer transitions and ...

The trouble with haircuts, though, is that they’re temporary. Hair grows back – and so do feathers. Wing clipping, therefore, ...

North American river otters have terrible hygiene when it comes to their food. They eat, play and defecate in the same place.

Sentiment toward Russia in Alaska has cooled since Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022. The Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to ...

The Sunshine State can feel hectic at the best of times, but you'll find nothing but tranquility (and fishing) at this gorgeously undeveloped Florida lake.

MAITLAND, Fla. — An aggressive river otter that attacked people at several locations in Maitland was shot dead, and officials said Tuesday that it tested positive for rabies. River otter ...