The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction and operation of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands.

Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit.

South Florida lawmakers are demanding answers about what’s happening inside a controversial migrant detention site some have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” as concerns mount over the treatment of hundreds being held at the remote Everglades Detention Center.

Roughly 600 people are currently being detained at the migrant detention facility in South Florida known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” authorities told Local 10 News Wednesday.

As the first wave of migrant detainees prepares to arrive, Florida officials are finalizing construction on what critics are now calling “Alligator Alcatraz.”

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”.

The first group of immigrants are set to arrive at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from dismantling a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses.

A news report says hackers supporting Iran have threatened to release emails supposedly stolen from people connected to President Donald Trump.

An investigation was underway on Saturday after at least 16 people were injured when two airboats collided Friday in the Everglades Naples–Marco Island area.

Sixteen people were hospitalized following a collision between two airboats in Collier County on Friday afternoon, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Travelers will be able to fill up and hit jackpots at a new casino set to open this Fall.

A Miami man is $ 1 million richer, after buying a Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket from a Publix Supermarket on Kendall Drive.

The Cuban pilot who defected in a Soviet-era biplane was supposed to be working on agricultural spraying work when he fled Friday to the United States, according to a Cuban government agency.

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Miami Sector are investigating a single-engine biplane landing on Friday in Ochoppee.

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer and a python contractor in Collier County uncovered quite a catch.

A Florida wildlife photographer is getting many new eyes on his work worldwide because of this amazing picture of alligator eyes at night.

A Florida photographer recently got a close-up look at the inside of a gator's mouth in Ochopee after the hungry animal chomped on his GoPro camera.

Cynthia Downer and Jonathan Lopez came across a massive python on September 22 at Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee, Florida -- and they caught it. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, Fla. - Officials say Florida trappers have captured a record-setting python as part of a growing effort that encourages hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the 18-foot, 4-inch-long (5.58 meters-long) female python weighed 98 pounds and 10 ounces (45 kilograms). The agency says it is the second-largest python ever caught in the wild in Florida. The commission says hunting female Burmese pythons is critical because they add between 30 and 60 hatchlings each time they breed.

OCHOPEE, Florida (CNN) - What would you do if you encountered a 98-pound Burmese python while out on a hike in Florida? The captors are members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Python Action Team. The Python Action Team was created by the commission to lead python control efforts. These team members are paid to find and capture Burmese pythons in regions throughout south Florida. "Removing 900 pythons is a great milestone for our Python Action Team!"