"They're very wild, they're very active. They don't make good pets at all. They don't calm down." ...

Another giant reptile is clawing its way toward disrupting the South Florida ecosystem as an invasive species. The Nile ...

If you care about Florida's native turtles, nesting birds, and wild spaces, this story will hit close to home. Nile monitor lizards - powerful, fast-moving carnivores that can grow up to 7 feet long - ...

Nile monitors are spreading across South Florida. They are olive-green or black, with yellow striping on their head and jaw ...

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

Nile monitor lizards are breeding across South Florida, and experts say the window to stop their spread is already closing.

A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.

A record-breaking freeze this month sent Florida wildlife into shock. Some of those animals were native, some were invasive.

A former assistant police chief in St. Augustine, Anthony Cuthbert, is under investigation by the state attorney’s office following the discovery of financial discrepancies in the St. Augustine Police ...

What makes an animal invasive, and which species are causing the most destruction across North America? A species is ...

University of Florida experts warn that some popular plants sold in stores are invasive and harmful to the state's ecosystem. Eight common invasive plants found in Florida retail centers include ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ( FWS) is actively encouraging Americans to hunt, trap, and eat invasive species as a ...