Wild bears are found in almost half of Florida. Here are the most frequent areas for sightings and how to avoid meeting up ...

If you see a large, intimidating gray and yellow lizard, it’s probably a Nile monitor. They eat anything from bugs to iguanas ...

Even with a blank U.S. map at your disposal, you’ll still get stuck on a state that inevitably holds the total count at 49.

Each of them, at risk of deportation, was flown thousands of miles to a detention center in the rural desert of New Mexico.

As Central Florida's commuter rail turns 11, it's begun to study a major expansion costing billions of dollars.

"Florida has the largest remaining population in the Southeast." The release of the caterpillars, which glow under UV light, has been years in the making. "Using wild-caught elfins from the ...

Biologists deposited caterpillars of the rare frosted elfin butterfly on its host plant, the sundial lupine, in north Florida. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

Drinking water sources in the Sunshine State received a "mediocre" grade, with infrastructure improvements estimated to be at ...

With almost 255,000 residents, Port St. Lucie is now Florida’s sixth largest city, according to the U.S. Census. This is up about 50,000 from 2020. City leaders tell CBS12 News it's not a matter ...

For 65 years, an iconic midcentury modern sign in Gulf Breeze, Florida, welcomed drivers to veer east along the Gulf of Mexico for a scenic drive to Pensacola Beach. Featuring a cartoon sailfish ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Texas has a brand-new city, and its name is Starbase. A vote Saturday to decide whether to turn part of south Texas into a new city centered around Elon Musk’s SpaceX ...