Southwest Florida's warm coastal waters and lush landscapes have attracted visitors and out-of-state transplants for decades. However, it might not just be humans seeking out the sun and sand of the ...

MIAMI — Wildlife officials hope chilly temperatures in South Florida help keep another large snake from making a home in the Everglades. For the last five years, wildlife authorities from multiple ...

More troublingly, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released Tuesday, nonnative snakes like the Burmese python could slither their way north from the warm, humid conditions of South Florida ...

Scientists at the University of Florida have developed a pioneering tool to bolster Florida’s defenses against invasive species: a DNA-based environmental monitoring test that can pinpoint where ...