National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2026 occurs between February 23 and February 27, 2026. Invasive species are ...

Florida wildlife officials and researchers say Nile monitors, large predatory lizards native to sub-Saharan Africa, have ...

Florida residents are no strangers to invasive reptiles, from the iguanas that fall out of trees in the winter, to the ...

Invasive pythons have established themselves as dominant predators in ecosystems that did not evolve alongside large constrictor snakes. Their biology favors slow energy use, extreme feeding capacity, ...

Florida residents are no strangers to invasive reptiles. But this 6-foot-long African lizard poses an especially big threat.

The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. But now, as non-native apple snails disappear, the endangered Everglades bird, the snail kite, is paying the price.