Invasive species are all over America, and it’s very likely you may have seen them in your own backyard. Some species are so ...

Nile monitor lizards, an invasive and dangerous species, are spreading across Florida. Here's where they are and what to do if you see one.

Like other invasive species, including Burmese pythons and green iguanas, it’s legal to humanely kill Nile monitors on private property without a permit, with landowner permission, or on one of 32 ...

Recently, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s (SCCF) biologists documented Peter’s rock agamas (Agama picticauda), an ...

Green iguanas are mostly plant-eaters. Nile monitors are carnivores that actively hunt vertebrate prey. Monitors are bulkier, with longer necks, narrower snouts and thicker, more muscular tails. They ...

Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing sharply, according to wildlife officials.

Snakes may be feared, but many animals hunt them. Explore how predators adapt to venom, speed, and defense to shape ...

University of Florida experts warn that some popular plants sold in stores are invasive and harmful to the state's ecosystem.

Nile monitors are classified as invasive and are not protected in Florida except under anti-cruelty laws, according to the ...

The state of Florida's 'Dirty Dozen' invasive species list recently got an update, adding three new species to the list and remove three that pose less of ...

When zebra mussels invaded the United States, nobody realized how financially or ecologically damaging these minute mollusks ...

The bird species has long ridden dramatic population swings. About 3,000 snail kites lived in Florida in 2001, but a severe drought that year devastated the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee, cutting the ...