Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims ...

"It's very difficult to find them and catch them." Officials invest millions to battle highly invasive species wreaking havoc ...

To combat the invasive green iguana, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday announced new changes to rules regarding their capture. According to the FWC, commissioners ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species from Southeast Asia now established in South Florida. While freezing temperatures can be lethal to pythons, evidence suggests they may be evolving to tolerate ...

FWC Chair Rodney Barreto challenges Florida businesses to turn invasive iguanas into profitable products. FWC already has partnered with INVERSA in Miami, which makes python and lionfish products.

A woman in Palm City, Florida, found a python under the hood of her car, wrapped around the engine, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office says. Martin County Sheriff’s Office photo A “shocked” Florida ...

A “shocked” Florida woman found a live python tangled up in her car’s engine, and now it’s is giving people fits on social media. It happened Wednesday, Nov. 5, and the snake was in the 4-foot range ...

Deep in South Florida and spanning 1.5 million acres, Everglades National Park is the third largest park in the contiguous United States (only Yellowstone National Park and Death Valley National Park ...

A new invasive insect, the two spotted cotton jassid, is spreading across the Southeastern U.S. This pest damages a wide range of plants, including hibiscus, okra, eggplant, and cotton. Signs of an ...