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Michael Packard says he was trapped in the whale's mouth for 30 to 40 seconds before it tossed him back in the water, bruised but otherwise unharmed. Experts tell NPR such events are extremely rare.

A fight over Florida's history curriculum. A new documentary about the student activists from Parkland. Plus, where those monkeys living near the airport came from.

The free range chickens in Key West are an island icon. But some residents are a little too fond of the fowl, leading the city to crack down of feeding them.

Instead of our usual Weird Florida stories of the year — because who needs more weird this year? — we're bringing you some of the moments of joy WLRN staffers encountered during this year.

This story has been updated at 3:55 p.m., Thursday, July 16.In a viral social media moment, Fort Lauderdale police officers safely captured a kangaroo…

The Sweet Farm animal sanctuary near San Francisco is offering up a new service to liven up video calls: guest appearances by llamas, cows and other animals through its new service, Goat 2 Meeting.

One of the biggest changes is that the Department of Transportation would no longer require airlines to consider emotional support animals as service animals, as they have in the past.

Lion Country Safari is starting the new year with two new lion cubs.Atlas and Mara were introduced to the world on Wednesday, but were born on Nov. 8.…

The PACT Act would be the first national law making severe animal cruelty and torture illegal. An earlier law only banned videos of such acts.

In early September, a boater spotted a sea turtle tangled up in trap line off the Upper Keys. That's not that unusual.But something else was — this green…

Sometimes the best science comes from an idle, casual observation. Take Isaac Newton. Or Josh Diamond.Diamond was finishing his doctoral degree in…

Do you smell a rat?If you live it the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area it wouldn’t be terribly uncommon. That’s according to Orkin, the…