Initially established in Everglades National Park in the early 1980s, Burmese pythons quickly put a stranglehold on Florida's ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

A University of Florida study found that snake bites in the state are an understudied but avoidable risk. Most venomous snake bites in Florida occurred when people, primarily men, intentionally ...

"It's very difficult to find them and catch them." Officials invest millions to battle highly invasive species wreaking havoc on Florida Everglades: 'They have a voracious appetite' first appeared on ...

Lake Okeechobee's name comes from a Seminole term that means "big water," and this is certainly accurate. Okeechobee is Florida's largest freshwater lake, so big it has been dubbed the state's inland ...