Cold weather in Florida does more than make people complain about the temperature. It slows iguanas down so much that even a ...

Climate change is one of the top threats to vulnerable species around the world, driving widespread losses of plants and animals that can’t adapt fast enough. But at the same time, rising temperatures ...

Winter in Florida means more time outdoors, and possibly more exposure to tick-borne diseases. But the news isn’t all bad: ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioners recently approved staff recommendations to advertise proposed rule changes for prohibited green iguanas, including concepts relating to outdoor ...

An experiment on reptile decomposition aims to shed light on a variety of paleontological mysteries, including why so many ...

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

Initially established in Everglades National Park in the early 1980s, Burmese pythons quickly put a stranglehold on Florida's wildlife, contributing to the decline of small mammals, including raccoons ...

When there's cold weather in Florida, "frozen iguanas" comes up. That's when the invasive species fall from trees or end up on sidewalks stunned from the cold. When temperatures hit below freezing, ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) A now near annual occurrence, falling iguanas are in the forecast again for the next couple of days in parts of Florida due ...