Florida wildlife officials say two St. Pete Beach businessmen took on nesting birds with a toxic, and illegal, tactic: ...

A Florida hotel owner and bar manager are facing charges for allegedly spreading thousands of mothballs on the beach to deter ...

TAMPA — Florida wildlife officials on Wednesday arrested two beachfrontbusiness owners on charges that they scattered ...

St. Petersburg hotel and bar owners were charged with felony commercial littering for spreading mothballs on a beach.

Two men face criminal charges after state wildlife investigators uncovered a plot to scatter over 1,000 toxic mothballs ...

A St. Pete hotel owner has been accused of conspiring with a bar owner to scatter thousands of moth balls on the beach in ...

Florida's beaches double as nesting grounds for threatened shorebirds each spring and summer. Species like American Oystercatchers, Least Terns, and Black Skimmers nest directly on sand and rooftops.

The mothballs, which are toxic to wildlife, appeared on St. Pete Beach this week, according to the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Officials are investigating the episode. By John S ...

Dead birds have been found along Florida’s Space Coast in Central Florida, raising concerns about a possible avian flu outbreak. While no cases have been confirmed, the nonprofit Florida Wildlife ...