While not venomous, their bite can cause serious infections and they are potentially dangerous to people and pets. This ...
Argentine black and white tegus aren't the most recent invasive species in Florida, and they won't be the last, unfortunately. What they are doing are making themselves at home in Florida. And not ...
An invasive armored catfish is spreading through waterways on Florida’s Space Coast, carving into shorelines and even harming ...
Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.
Florida is unfortunately home to a lot of uninvited guests — especially invasive animals. But there might be another way to control their rapidly increasing populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
The predator might soon become the prey if Florida scientists can confirm that Burmese pythons -- an extremely invasive species in the Everglades -- are safe for us to eat. The Florida Fish and ...
Leafy green with tiny, red fruits, the Brazilian peppertree is a land manager’s enemy. Parts of the plant can be toxic to birds and cause rashes in humans, but that’s not why it raises concern. It’s ...
Oh, Florida! It’s so cold in the Sunshine State frozen iguanas are falling from trees. Where you can find them and things to ...
They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...
Climate change is one of the top threats to vulnerable species around the world, driving widespread losses of plants and ...
Mitigation banks can’t exactly replicate pre-development ecosystems, even when they achieve state-mandated native plant goals. (Rose Schnabel/WUFT News) Growing native plants and eradicating invasive ...