invasive species

The Peters’s rock agama is reducing the density of Florida’s brown anole lizard population. Mosquitoes love to bite the anoles, but with fewer around, researchers want to know how this will affect humans.

A record-setting nearly 30,000 lionfish were removed from Florida waters during the 2018 Lionfish Challenge. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...

A Florida family is terrified of a huge Monitor lizard that has taken up residence in their back yard.The lizard is about 7 feet long (2 meters) and…

There are a few weeks left to go in the state’s Lionfish Challenge. That’s an effort to rid Florida waters of the invasive species that has no natural...

Florida’s wildlife agency will be holding a lionfish summit in the Fall. The goal is to find more ways to get rid of the spiny invasive species plaguing...

A man with a python hidden inside an external hard drive was stopped from boarding a Florida plane headed to Barbados.The Miami Herald reports that…

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

Iguana removal experts say this year be might record-setting in the number of invasive reptiles that are creeping around South Florida. There's no way...

From “smart traps” to underwater drones, Florida’s wildlife agency hopes five organizations will spend thousands of dollars in grant funding to find new...

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