A Florida Keys homeowner woke up Friday morning to find a crocodile lounging in her swimming pool, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The reptile was lying on one of the pool’s chairs inside the Pirate’s Cove subdivision in Key Largo,

The officer pulled up to 29-year-old Carlos Fabian Mercado de Choudens, who was fishing with four other people. The officer checked one of Mercado’s buckets and found several bluegill fish, according to the report, which added Mercado didn’t have an active fishing license.

As American crocodile populations have risen in recent decades, the threatened reptiles have made their way into suburban canals, adapting to the human environment as best they can.

A frozen iguana hit the deck after cold weather swept through South Florida in January. Here's what to know about the plummeting lizards.

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit the Panhandle last week.

The satellite-tagged croc that became an internet sensation known as the " Melbourne Beach crocodile " lit up social media with his back-and-forth sightings in Brevard County, Florida. He was among 15 satellite-tagged crocs lending new insights into how these top predators adapt to city life.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission documented over 1,200 cold-stunned sea turtle rescues within six days.

Respiratory issues have been reported along the Southwest Florida coast, and the Florida Department of Health in Lee County has advised coastal residents to close windows and doors and only used conditioned air.

According to social media posts shared by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called out to a home in the Pirates Cove subdivision near Mile Marker 98 in Key Largo, where the large reptile was found lying out on the homeowner's submerged deck.

Changes could be coming to antlerless deer regulations, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced.

Two key questions remain when it comes to the proposed red tide remedies: how to scale them up so they can treat large areas and how to pay for the treatments.

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