A remote site in the Florida Everglades almost became the world's largest airport but was canceled for environmental and economic reasons.

America’s sunshine state is a natural playground, with wildlife sanctuaries and conservation-led attractions aimed at families.

Florida lawmakers are once again considering replacing the state’s longtime bird, the northern mockingbird, with two uniquely Floridian species.

Video footage taken in Florida shows AN alligator and crocodile hissing and snapping at each other on a crowded park sidewalk near a bike rack.

Burmese pythons are spreading northward from their established breeding range in the Florida Everglades. Crossbreeding with ...

1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer Hamilton Disston buys 4 million acres and begins efforts to drain the Everglades. 1906: The first dredging project began in South ...