Florida state officials are looking into the deaths of at least three alligators at Myakka River State Park. Park staff says there is no suspicion that human activity caused the deaths. SARASOTA, Fla.

Considered one of Florida's oldest and largest state parks, Myakka River State Park stretches across 58 square miles of wetlands, hammocks, pinelands and prairies. The area also features a river ...

Throughout Florida’s history, its ecology has been entangled with fire. “We set good fires, or else we get bad ones,” says ...

Of note, 158 black skimmers, a Florida State-threatened bird, were spotted in three areas of the park. Skimmers were first ...

Deep in the untouched parts of Florida, far from neighborhoods ... The group's focus is on protecting the "wild and scenic" Myakka River and the state park that surrounds the watershed.

As the population of the Sarasota, Bradenton area swells, more development means more light pollution, dimming stars in the night skies.

One evening, while walking along the riverbed of the Myakka River State Park in Sarasota, Florida, USA, one evening, Larry came across a group of alligators. It was the dry season, and they had been ...