It may be the first time a threatened bird species was assaulted with mothballs but interfering with shorebird nesting has ...

Hundreds of mothballs appeared on a beach in South Florida, and officials think they might know why.

The mothballs, which are toxic to wildlife, appeared on St. Pete Beach this week, according to the state’s Fish and Wildlife ...

According to the New York Times, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded to a call on Monday, April ...

A Florida beach was inundated with hundreds of mothballs that may have been illegally dropped there to deter wildlife.

FWC Officer Brian Ferguson believes someone intentionally placed mothballs along St. Pete Beach to deter black skimmers, a ...

Hundreds of mothballs have been found from the dunes to the water on St. Pete Beach, and no one is sure why. “They’re all over the beach, it’s crazy,” said local Sandy Denton, who was on the beach ...

The pesticide-filled balls release fumes that could be harmful to black skimmers that nest near the dunes of St. Pete Beach ...

Hundreds of small, white mothballs were discovered scattered across a stretch of sand at St. Pete Beach, raising serious ...

Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) discovered hundreds of mothballs scattered along ...