Outside of Orlando is a lesser-known shore of a picturesque lake filled with wildlife. There are several ways to explore, ...

A tri-colored heron forages along the shore of Lake Apopka on New Year’s Eve, Friday, December 31, 2021. Visitors can get up-close views of a plethora of wildlife along Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, ...

MONTVERDE, Fla. – While a pontoon boat was cruising along the southwest shore of Lake Apopka earlier this month, an alligator swimming alongside it suddenly dove underwater and took off at a high rate ...

Think you can tell a stick from a prehistoric predator? At Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, that's Gator-Spotting 101!

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 55, No. 3 (May 2010), pp. 1201-1212 (12 pages) Controversy exists about the historic shift of primary producer community structure (PPCS) in Lake Apopka, a shallow, ...

Winter Garden has agreed to buy three residential properties on the shore of Lake Apopka for $1.6 million and meld them with two other city-owned parks, creating the largest recreation site on the ...

Winter Garden isn't the only lakeside Florida city outside of Orlando that's deserving of a spot on your Sunshine State bucket list. Get behind the wheel and set out clockwise around Lake Apopka, and ...

APOPKA, Fla. - A Florida wildlife photographer answered a question no one thought to ask -- until they saw her photos. "Yes, a bird can eat an alligator! If it's savage enough," Shellie Gilliam ...

Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday signed a bill known as “Legacy Florida” that opens a tap of cash to help restore the Everglades, the state’s natural springs and Lake Apopka. The measure (HB 989), which ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Workers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were out at Lake Apopka Wednesday dropping net after net of Florida bass into the water as part of an ongoing ...

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. He ...