Habitat

A 9-month-old Florida panther has been rescued after a Golden Gate Estates man spotted the injured kitten on his way to work.

Signs were posted Tuesday to close some Marco Island-area beaches to help protect nesting shorebirds.

A sand storm is brewing across the Naples city line in Collier County as the county lays the groundwork for a major beach renourishment project this year.

Nick Lemke couldn’t believe his eyes when he dove into the waters of Gullivan Bay to check out the fruits of his aquaculture labors this year.

Surrounded by our creature comforts, it can be almost unfathomable just how rugged and isolated life was for the pioneers who lived in this area just 100 years ago. There is an excursion boat, though, that can give you a ...

When a young manatee washed up on a Marco Island beach this week, it was the latest victim of the devastating effects of red tide hitting Southwest Florida waters.

For people apparently a lot of them who harbored fantasies of being an archaeologist, the lure was irresistible. The call went out for volunteers to assist in the “Big Sift,” culling through material unearthed in ancient Native American middens on ...

Marco in Bloom, a citywide landscaping contest, is open to those with green thumbs aching to be noticed and proud of it. Linda Colombo is spearheading the event for the Beautification Advisory Committee. She reported Wednesday the contest is wide ...

Two bears described as "enormous" broke into the screened porch of a 90-year-old East Naples woman's home Tuesday morning, tearing through screens and plastic windows, and dislodging metal panels.

In a near unanimous decision, the Collier County Tourist Development Council voted Monday to recommend the county kick in $350,000 to help pay for erosion control on a final stretch of Hideaway Beach.

Sand will start flowing in March onto Marco Island's south beach as a $1.57 million project to renourish the beach and repair breakwaters and jetties gets underway. The project will be paid for using Tourist Development Council funds. The preconstruction

It was somewhere between an art safari and a scavenger hunt. Carloads of Marco Islanders toured the area on Wednesday, tracking down artists as they daubed paint on their canvases, in this year’s Wet Paint Live. Nineteen loc

Fewer dead fish linked to red tide are washing ashore at Naples beaches compared with several days ago, but tests indicate the microscopic algae has a stronger presence than last week, according to Collier County officials.

This is the time of year that you can damage your landscape by watering too much. Water comprises 80 to 90 percent of the fresh weight of grass and it also plays a fundamental role in the plant metabolism. Only ...

Paperwork could be filed by week's end to get a fast-track environmental permit to dredge a closed North Naples inlet following a vote Tuesday by Collier County commissioners.