Invasive Species

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’s…

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’s…

The U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, is collecting DNA to track a new snake hybrid in the Everglades.

A man with a python hidden inside an external hard drive was stopped from boarding a Florida plane headed to Barbados.

Is there anything more Floridian than a flamingo? They’re everywhere. Pink plastic ornaments dotting lawns. On cocktail swizzlers and motel signs.

An invasive and destructive pest has been identified in the farmlands near Miami, Florida agriculture officials said Tuesday.

Florida is marking a milestone in its attempt to control an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Everglades.

Saturday is "Lionfish Awareness and Removal Day" in Florida. Lionfish are an invasive species off Florida's coasts. People in southwest Florida are...

The Florida House okayed a bill to limit the sales of nonnative animals by pet dealers. The Bill hopes to discourage nonnative sales altogether.

Florida’s invasive species problem can be daunting, with real implications for the state’s ecology and economy. The breadth of the issue is spurring...

When a diver who was also a volunteer for the Reef Environmental Education Foundation saw a fish that looked out of place in the waters off Dania Beach...

South Florida is a hotspot for invasive species, and the exotic plants, reptiles, amphibians, and fish that take root in the subtropical region of...