This is becoming the deadliest year since 2016. More than one out of every 10 known panthers have been killed this year — ...

Twenty-one panthers have been killed by cars through Nov. 13, with 28 overall deaths documented by state biologists.

stating that the “loss of Florida’s warm-water habitats is one of the leading threats facing the manatee population.” But the agency has not moved forward on completing the revision process. “Manatees ...

And that's good news for the official state animal as road kills have long been one way of estimating the entire population of Florida ... hit and killed by vehicles in 2023, according to FWC records.