An alligator was recently spotted crossing a road with its takeout meal, i.e., a giant carp, at a nature reserve in Apopka, Florida, about 15 miles northwest of Orlando, earlier this month.

In Florida, a remarkable incident unfolded at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, leaving visitors astonished. Evelyn Bell captured a ...

Wildlife lovers know the area around Lake Apopka is prime for bird, otter and even bobcat-watching. Alligators also frequent the lake's waters, but a couple of bicyclists captured an unusual sight ...

APOPKA, Fla. — For decades, scientists have said Lake Apopka is "dead." Farming along the shore turned one of the nation's best bass fishing spots into a toxic pool of sludge.

A pilot was pulled from the water after his helicopter crashed into Lake Apopka early Tuesday morning. According to Orange County Fire Rescue, the pilot was the only person onboard the aircraft.

The owner of two helicopters that crashed on the same day into Lake Apopka has offered an explanation for the back-to-back accidents. Greg Clubbs, the president of Coastal Helicopters, which ...

Abernethy said that sign is Lake Apopka in Central Florida like Lake Okeechobee, it was once a top tourist destination but was so badly polluted by chemical runoff that the fish died, the tourism ...

Lake Apopka viewed from the docks at Magnolia Park’s new Eco Education Center, along with an inclusive playground, a fishing pier, a dock, a pavilion and restrooms, on Monday, August 8, 2022.

Lake Apopka was a sportsman’s paradise. It wasn’t just one of the state’s biggest lakes in the mid-1900s, it was one of the most popular.

A visit to Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive on New Year’s Eve, Friday, December 31, 2021, yields plenty of opportunities to see a plethora of birds, reptiles and other species along the berm road ...

LAKE APOPKA, Fla. (AP) - Long before Bryan Nelson’s family moved to Central Florida to grow roses, his grandfather journeyed often from South Carolina to fish in Lake Apopka.

For most of us in Northeast Florida, Lake Apopka is out of sight and out of mind. But the 30,000-acre lake - that's equivalent to about 50 square miles or the same land area of San Francisco - has … ...