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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is holding a series of virtual public meetings this week, as it asks for feedback about the state's first potential black bear hunt in a decade.

“Do you recognize me? Do you know who I am?” she asks as she cuddles her overjoyed dogs outside of her home.

Visitors to Fort De Soto may notice some new residents. Experts say they’re monitoring 84 tortoise burrows at Fort De Soto, which is 10 times the number of burrows there before Hurricane Helene.

New research from the University of Colorado Boulder reveals how breathing in Martian dust could lead to serious health problems for astronauts, from lung damage to thyroid disease.

A bottlenose dolphin was found dead in North Carolina, with a necropsy revealing a knotted plastic bag in its stomach as the likely cause of death.

SpaceX successfully launched another historic mission — this time, the Fram2, which will be the first human spaceflight to the Earth’s polar regions.

The Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa hosted the first groups of students to visit its new Digital Dome Theatre on Monday. 

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, in their first public comments since returning to Earth, tell FOX News about their thoughts when they found out their short test flight was going to be a lot longer.

Only the far Northeastern U.S. and parts of eastern Canada were in the right spot to see at least part of the sun obscured by the moon as the sun rose Saturday morning.

Researchers uncovered an ancient wasp with a Venus flytrap-like structure in 99-million-year-old amber. Here's what they have learned about the new species.

A Central Florida angler spotted a great blue heron entangled in fishing line at Herschel King Park.

On Tuesday, aurora lights were seen as far south as Central Illinois. Northern lights are possible again on Wednesday as G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storming is forecast.

NIH-supported researchers have developed a new method using a protein from tardigrades to help protect healthy tissue during cancer radiation therapy, showing early promise in lab tests.

The animal was far from its usual range, according to marine wildlife experts.

Monday’s SpaceX launch was carrying a classified satellite to space, but the secret payload was not the cause of an unusual glowing spiral seen in the skies of Europe.

Toxic algae bloom is wreaking havoc on the Southern California coast, especially in local sea lions, causing seizures, stillbirths, even violence.

A bear that spent the better part of Monday in a tree near a Seminole County middle school, came down after about eight hours and headed into some nearby woods.

Researchers at the University of South Florida are among the first to identify viruses associated with red tide, which could help experts predict future blooms.