Red tide lingering along Collier County’s gulf shore made it’s way down to Marco Monday.

Collier County is warning people with respiratory illnesses to avoid the beach.

Florida wildlife officials are urging boaters to be on the lookout for manatees that are migrating to warmer waters for the winter.

A judge is considering objections to an agreement by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to set surface water pollution standards for Florida.

With wide mulched swaths of succulents and tropical trees as walkway sentinels, the Naples Botanical Garden opened its newly developed, 70-acre garden Saturday. The fanfare reached New York, where its opening crackled across a Times Square LED billboard last week.

Kermit the Frog said it ain’t easy being green, but not all area landscapers agree. The last course for 2009 is scheduled at Rookery Bay Thursday to help area landscape contractors keep Southwest Florida green – not just with good-looking ...

Snipe, peregrine falcon and venomous cottonmouth make for a surprising week at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida wildlife clinic.

Water sampling Monday at Collier beaches found red tide at high enough levels at Seagate Beach and Big Marco Pass to cause respiratory irritation.

Marco City Council tabled an ordinance to add new rules on using lawn fertilizer for the second time in the past couple months.

The mother otter swam in the pond’s brown water, diving and catching fish with agile paws. Her babies squealed and cried as she feasted, begging her to share — but mama wouldn’t budge. “The adults were tying to teach them ...

The auto industry had their “cash for clunkers” stimulus program and appliance retailers are hoping their stimulus plan, which some call “rebates for refrigerators,” will be at least as successful. However, now that state energy officials announced several aspects of ...

Smoke from the burn should stay south of I-75 and disperse, Division of Forestry spokesman Victor Hill said.

Offshore winds are predicted through Saturday, which should minimize potential impacts at the beaches, according to the Collier County pollution control department.

The City of Marco Island is hosting three workshops on landscaping issues, beginning with one which addresses the growing problem of the ficus white fly.

The money, part of a multi-million $12 million research investment, will help emerging questions about more precise details of how dead zones form and how they affect Gulf fisheries.