CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife officials are warning residents in the Clearwater area to stay away from a wild monkey that is eluding state trappers.

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LAKELAND , Fla., June 18 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife officials said they have recovered five of the 15 Patas monkeys that escaped from a Polk County, Fla., wildlife sanctuary.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 21 (UPI) -- Hungry alligators will eat almost anything, from deer to dolls and tennis balls to other alligators, Florida wildlife officials say.

LAKELAND , Fla., May 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of a man who was found with a 7-foot female alligator guarding his body, officials said.

TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- After an alligator killed a golden retriever in Temple Terrace, Fla., the town has declared war against the scaly reptiles.

Internet-based hacker-activists -- known as hacktivists -- seem to be behind the mass e-mailing this week of the MyDoom worm, which has commandeered consumers' computers around the globe to serve as a staging area for another, more potent attack on their

TAMPA, Fla., May 13 (UPI) -- Doctors said Monday the arm that a 21-year-old Busch Gardens zookeeper lost in a lion attack cannot be reattached.