The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold ...

Invasive species are harming the Florida ecosystem. Invasive species can cause human harm. You can help by not planting invasive species.

Cane toads, aka bufo toads, in Florida secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.

The Trump Administration is proposing new changes to the Endangered Species Act. Conservation organizations are concerned about its impact.

An aggressive species of invasive seagrass that has been traversing the oceans for more than a century has been detected in the U.S. for the first time. Halophila stipulacea, a small-body seagrass ...

With the major die-off in the Florida Keys in 2024 and 2025 resulting in the mortalities of at least 65 large sawfish (and ...

Conservationist, educator, and environmental communicator Kenny Coogan joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom, to share the ...

After some social media footage of wild monkeys climbing on roofs in Central Florida's Groveland and Clermont went viral, many are wondering — Do monkeys actually live in the Sunshine State? Despite ...

Mitigation banks can’t exactly replicate pre-development ecosystems, even when they achieve state-mandated native plant goals. (Rose Schnabel/WUFT News) Growing native plants and eradicating invasive ...

ST PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity and biologist Kevan Schoonover McClelland filed petitions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act ...

An invasive soft coral has been spotted in Hawaii and Puerto Rico and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration is ...

Leafy green with tiny, red fruits, the Brazilian peppertree is a land manager’s enemy. Parts of the plant can be toxic to birds and cause rashes in humans, but that’s not why it raises concern. It’s ...