One chef suggests rebranding the invasive species that is wrecking the Everglades food chain because the name Asian swamp eel ...

Florida's Everglades is facing an ecological challenge from one of its most notorious invasive predators, the giant Burmese ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Full frame of Asian Swamp Eel or Monopterus albus, is an air-breathing species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. Photographed ...

A python can vanish into grass, brush, or water almost immediately.

Two of Florida's heavy hitters... the battle of all battles. One of the most dangerous, non-venomous snakes in North America and one of the most elusive animals, in the form of its rarest sub-species.

Invasive Asian swamp eels are slithering into the canals of South Florida – and the University of Florida wants the public's help to track them. According to the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) map of ...

African Nile monitor lizards, introduced to Florida through the pet trade, have established a wild population in Cape Coral, ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service encourages eating some invasive species to help protect native wildlife. Although not illegal, eating Burmese pythons is not recommended due to high levels of ...

Researchers investigated the prevalence and types of parasites affecting Burmese pythons and native snakes in South Florida.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the relatively new invasive species is hard to spot ...

Cane toads, an invasive species in Florida, pose a threat to pets and native wildlife due to the toxins they secrete. These toads were introduced to control pests but have become a problem, competing ...

Florida is unfortunately home to a lot of uninvited guests — especially invasive animals. But there might be another way to control their rapidly increasing populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...