Florida is known for sunny days, beautiful beaches, and unfortunately, pests. With palmetto bugs, pythons, and cane toads, Floridians are up to their ears in pesky animals. The palm rat is a ...
Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. The invasive snake was first recorded in the Everglades National Park in 1979 and quickly put a ...
Some Central Florida residents got a surprise holiday ... As per Executive Order 13112 (Section 1. Definitions), an "invasive species" is a species that is non-native to the ecosystem under ...
Heads up Florida. Say hello to your new neighbor, the Asian swamp eel. The swamp eel is one of the latest — and unwelcome — invasive species seen in the Sunshine State and officials want the ...
The scientists estimate that the three costliest invasive species are the yellow fever mosquito, which is a primary vector for dengue, Zika and other viruses in tropical areas across the world; ...
In 2011, the South Georgia Heritage Trust started the world’s largest project to remove the invasive rats and mice to save South Georgia’s wildlife, including threatened pipits and pintails.