Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.

Cane toads secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.

The impact that these invasive animals are having on our wildlife is astounding." Meet the 60-year-old who hunts invasive ...

The green iguana has become a ubiquitous sight across South Florida, often lounging in trees or sunning itself on sidewalks. These large lizards, native to Central and South America, are prolific ...

Most shark bites in Florida are not deadly. However, there was an unfortunate 2010 attack where a 38-year-old Stuart man who ...

Florida has an estimated half-million feral hogs, an invasive species first introduced by Spanish explorers in the 1500s.

At first, you could only find them in Miami. Now, they scamper across Pinellas County park roads, delighting — or sometimes ...

The stunning sight of a kangaroo hopping down a busy St. Cloud road made headlines last month and, for the animal sanctuary that took in the wayward marsupial, provided another reminder that ordinary ...

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

The Asian swamp eel is an air-breathing, mud-loving predator spreading throughout the United States. These slithering threats ...

Sometimes plunging in headfirst and barehanded is the most efficient way to nab the lizard, says Mike Kimmel, who goes by ...

Two kings of the swamp battling for supremacy. A wildlife photographer captured the incredible moment an alligator took down a massive burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Alligators have long ...