wildlife and fisheries

A family in Scott, Louisiana recently spotted a small alligator in the grass and that is when they notified authorities of their discovery.

Black bears are all over the state of Louisiana, but when one is spotted close to home it just means more.

Over the Mardi Gras weekend, "Saffron" the pet possum was confiscated from his owner by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in the French Quarter.

The annual fundraising event has been re-scheduled to October 2022

The limit for black bass in Louisiana is 10 per day per person.

Agents say the Arnaudville man admitted to poisoning pig parts to kill coyotes in an area where he hunted rabbits.

The decision to close the waters was made to protect developing shrimp.

$1.76 million for a blue fin tuna!

Representatives of multiple groups gathered to review their plan.

The state says it wants to track oyster boats working on public grounds.

A 39-year-old New Iberia man faces a fine of up to $100,000 and a year in prison in the illegal killing of a Louisiana black bear.

The Louisiana Commission of Wildlife and Fisheries has voted to open the fall shrimp season for Louisiana on Aug. 22 at 6 a.m.

A decapitated head and skin from a black bear that's been missing for more than a year was found near a New Iberia subdivision off of Daniel Lane.

A former Louisiana wildlife official has pleaded not guilty to charges he took payoffs for his role in trying to keep a New Orleans landfill closed.

U.S. Senator David Vitter joined the Morning Report to give details on his latest effort to get the Obama administration moving on drilling permits.

State and federal wildlife agents are looking for whoever killed two bald eagles near the Plaquemines Parish community of Phoenix.