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Across South Florida, 2019 is shaping up to be the year of the big lizard.At their yearly gathering to talk about invasive species this week, more than…
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Reptile owners and vendors affected by an addition to Florida’s prohibited species list are filing a petition to challenge the decision.
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Florida is home to more than 500 invasive species. Not all of these plants and animals are big and scary like pythons, but they can still harm the state...
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In the Florida Everglades, a team of invasive species researchers got more than it bargained for – a 17-foot-long python, plus 73 developing python…
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South Florida is experiencing an infestation of poisonous Bufo toads, also known as Cane toads.These creatures are not native to South Florida but were…
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The number of alien species, likely brought by ship traffic, stunned scientists. And they suspect that the foothold of such creatures may have been underestimated in other tropical habitats, too.
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A Florida suburb is being plagued by thousands of poisonous toads.Experts say the amphibians are bufo toads, also known as cane toads. Residents in the…
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Close to 800,000 records from about a dozen plant collections or "herbaria" are being digitized, allowing researchers broad access to data on plant species collected and preserved in past centuries.
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Labor Day is the last day to participate in the Lionfish Challenge.
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The U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, is collecting DNA to track a new snake hybrid in the Everglades.A genetic research study, published this month, examined…
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The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed it found three invasive Oriental Fruit flies in farmlands south of Miami-Dade…
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Florida is marking a milestone in its attempt to control an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The state has been paying a select group of…