Invasive Species

Divers from a Key Largo environmental group and a Miami science museum removed an orangespine unicornfish from a reef off the Upper Keys this week. The...

This story was originally published on August 8, 2013. Jackson Landers grew up in a vegetarian household. Now he hunts and butchers much of his own meat...

Florida has the most invasive species of any state in the country, and half of the insects, reptiles, arachnids and crustaceans imported into the United…

Exotic Pet Amnesty Day is this Saturday. Florida wildlife officials are touting the day as a legal alternative to release exotic pets that owners no...

They're beautiful - and they're deadly. And they're here. Lionfish are infesting waters around Florida, and there might be one tasty way to stem the...

With the state trying to reduce invasive species in areas such as the Everglades, a hunter Thursday killed the 500th Burmese python in less than five...

A Florida congressman helped catch and kill five invasive Burmese pythons during a nighttime hunt in the Everglades. U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney joined...

An harmless-looking species of Asian wood-boring beetle, previously unknown in the western hemisphere, could spell disaster for the U.S. forestry…

Florida wildlife officials say lionfish harvesters are crucial to getting rid of the invasive species. But, lionfish removal divers are urged to safely...

Few animals arouse the instinct to hunt quite like the Burmese Python. The invasive species has slithered across the Everglades and into every corner of…