"We observed a significant increase." Researcher makes concerning discovery underwater at famous diving spot: 'That was a ...

Cane toads in Florida secrete a milky-white toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including ...

Two species of invasive lionfish have been spreading rapidly throughout the Caribbean, and along the Atlantic coasts of North and South America for nearly 40 years.

This Invasive Species Awareness Week, Learn How Museum Researchers Track the Rogue Wildlife Infiltrating American Ecosystems. From a beautiful fish that’s eating the Caribbean to a tiny bivalve ...

Lionfish are one of the most pernicious invasive species swimming in today’s oceans. And now, they’ve made it as far south as Brazil on their continuing and destructive territorial expansion.

ON ANY GIVEN weekend this summer, there was a lionfish derby underway somewhere in Florida. As the population of this invasive species has exploded in recent years, so too has interest in targeting ...

Lionfish are on the FWC's invasive species hit list. What to know about the 2024 challenge. ... (FWC) is doing everything it can to persuade residents of Florida to help eradicate invasive species.

Invasive species can be terrestrial species, like the pythons invading Florida's Everglades, marine, like the lionfish invading Caribbean waters, or pathogens.

Rachel Bowman is a diver who specializes in the hunting, catching, and killing of lionfish, a species native to Indo-Pacific waters. Off the coast of Indonesia or Australia, an adult typically ...

DESTIN, Fla. -- A festival dedicated to raising awareness about the invasive lionfish is taking place this weekend at HarborWalk Village in Destin. The event, which continues Sunday from 10 a.m ...

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 ...