EAST MANATEE - Every so often, they went to the little patch of pasture on Lena Road, land owned by a dairy farmer and the home of an American bald eagle and her mate. ...more

January 16, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - Every so often, they went to the little patch of pasture on Lena Road, land owned by a dairy farmer and the home of an American bald eagle and her mate. ...more

January 16, 2008

A conservation group sued the Interior Department on Thursday seeking documents about decisions on endangered species the group alleges were tainted by political pressure from a former senior Interior official. ...more

December 28, 2007

Property owners on this small barrier island filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to invalidate the designation of 6,200 acres as protected beach mouse habitat. ...more

December 22, 2007

Gov. Charlie Crist, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley agreed on Monday to work together on a new "drought emergency plan" for the three states to take effect as soon as mid-March. ...more

December 18, 2007

In what some scientists see as another alarming consequence of global warming, thousands of Pacific walruses above the Arctic Circle were killed in stampedes this year after the disappearance of sea ice caused them to crowd onto the shoreline in extraordinary numbers. ...more

December 15, 2007

Nearly extinct last century, grizzly bears are back in a big way in the northern Rockies - rising in numbers, pushing into new territories and mauling hunters who stumble across them in the wild. ...more

December 7, 2007

SEBRING — State and federal officials have started several controlled fires through Highlands County since Monday, with more planned through mid-December. The cool, dry weather coming to the area made it a good time for the Division of Forestry to start as many controlled fires as possible, said Tim Elder, the division's forest area supervisor for Highlands County. "What's going to get us to (stop) is a frost," he said. ...more

December 5, 2007

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meets today in Key Largo to review a contentious change in status for the Florida manatee, ruling on an issue that was delayed by an unprecedented intercession by Gov. Charlie Crist. The commission planned to handle downlisting manatees from endangered to threatened in September, but bowed to Crist's call for further review after much arm-twisting by the Save the Manatee Club. ...more

December 5, 2007

For rancher Randy Petrich, the removal of gray wolves from the endangered species list, a move that would open up the animals to hunting in the Northern Rockies for the first time in decades, couldn't come soon enough. ...more

November 24, 2007