Animal Rights

Florida voters are deciding on six amendments this November, including the most widely debated and controversial measures that would enshrine abortion rights and legalize marijuana. But also on the ballot is Amendment 2. If passed,...

Listen: Getting an emotional support animal on a Hillsborough County Public School’s campus may become more difficult.  A proposed policy at a School Board workshop would tighten restrictions and require a committee to make a...

Listen: Famous Chimpanzee expert and conservationist Jane Goodall is speaking in St. Petersburg in September. The two-day event comes as Florida faces the national spotlight for environmental issues.  Dr. Jane Goodall’s discovery in 1960 that...

Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets – Carol Mithers Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time—poverty and homelessness—in asking the question: Who deserves...

The FWC approved new rules for anglers on the Sunshine Skyway to protect pelicans. One group says the rules are not being enforced.

Listen: More than a third of adult gopher tortoises have died at a nature preserve in St. Petersburg, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating. Axios Tampa Bay reports surveyors conducting a...

The state House gave final approval to a bill that would bolster self-defense arguments for people who kill bears on their property.

A controversial effort to strengthen self-defense arguments for people who shoot bears on their property is headed back to the Florida House.

Desantis drops out Governor Ron DeSantis has dropped his race for the White House. In a four-minute video posted to the social media platform X, DeSantis says he halted his campaign because there was no...

Listen:   A State House bill that would allow people to kill bears on their property without permits when they feel threatened advanced in a House subcommittee Friday. But, opponents say that killing the bears...

Listen: After over a million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico in November, one environmental advocate is raising concern for one of the most endangered whales in the world. In 2021, scientists...

Controversial Miami Wilds project A federal judge ruled that the National Park Service violated two federal laws when it decided to release land to Miami-Dade County for the controversial Miami Wilds project.   Driskell raises...