animal welfare

The Florida burrowing owl is a threatened species. Conservationists, students and faculty think Florida Atlantic University should be doing more to protect their beloved mascot.

Gulf sturgeon face increasing human-made challenges. Pollution has expanded in the Suwannee River in north Florida and climate change is contributing to swings between high and low water levels. Florida’s prehistoric fish are surviving as they have for eons, scientists say. But they’re not invincible.

In a report Tuesday, the Florida Keys Wildlife Research Institute said no new sawfish deaths have been reported since June. But exactly what caused the startling behavior remains unknown.

Genetic testing will help Florida ranchers select and breed cattle that better tolerate the heat.

Scientists believe modern flamingos, which state wildlife officials do not believe are native, are reclaiming their historic range and want the birds reclassified. A new Audubon count has raised their optimism.

Broward County Animal Care aims to educate the community on cat-trapping with help from former rap artist Sterling "TrapKing" Davis.

Sawfish, and about 30 other species of fish, are turning up sick and dying in the Lower Keys as questions mount over what's causing it. As word and worries spread, scientists are yet to find a smoking gun.

The Miami Seaquarium has been an attraction in the city for almost 70 years. But in recent months the 38-acre marine park on Virginia Key in Key Biscayne has come under intense scrutiny for substandard animal care and a lack of certification.

After Mexico's Supreme Court lifted a suspension, the expected return of the controversial sport is agitating animal rights activists who say bullfighting is a form of animal cruelty.

In his decades-long career, Ron Magill has learned a lot from the animal world, and now he's putting some of those lessons onto paper. The Pride of a Lion is about K’wasi, ZooMiami's first male lion cub and how we can learn from his tale of survival.

Lolita died Aug. 18, and activists say their fight is far from over. They plan to continue fighting for the release of other orcas in captivity and other sea mammals, such as bottlenose dolphins.

Wildlife officials say a two-year experimental feeding program for starving Florida manatees will not immediately resume this winter as conditions have improved for the threatened marine mammals and the seagrass on which they depend.