Crooked gar isn’t a known species, but a unique longnose gar caught by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist must not have gotten the message. On July 2, the FWC Fish and ...

July 8 (UPI) --Researchers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shared an unusual catch from a recent fish survey -- a longnose gar with a crooked back. The FWC's Fish and ...

Living in Florida is never boring. It may be hot, but we get excited when a "cold front" is predicted that will drop temperatures into the 80s or, gasp, the 70s. And who knows, we might — emphasize ...

A prehistoric jet black river creature with shark-like teeth has been caught in the Choctawhatchee River in Florida. The melanistic longnose gar was found by the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute ...

Urban lakes usually aren’t home to record-breaking fish, but Orlando’s Lake Lawne is going into the record books not once, but twice. It’s all thanks to Pat McDaniel and the Florida gar. McDaniel’s ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Channel 9 photographer Ulen Hodges captured an interesting photograph Tuesday while covering flooding in Orange County’s Orlo Vista neighborhood. The community, which sits south ...

They have irregular, round, black spots on the top of the head, over the entire body and on all the fins. Other gars, except for spotted gars, have spots on the fins and usually on the posterior part ...

Gar Webb, the hippie, philosopher, surfer, tennis pro, artist and wandering poet, died last week at his home in Cocoa Beach. The 69-year-old died surrounded by his art after a short bout with MDS, a ...

Editor's note: Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at FLORIDA TODAY. Gar Webb has been packing up his art studio ...