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North Jersey students are creating a video on climate change impacts to the region's ecosystem. A focus is the declining ...

Don’t you love the feeling of sand slipping between your feet as you walk along a golden beach with nothing but inviting ...

After nine months, the strange behavior that claimed the lives of endangered sawfish is back. Here’s what we know about ...

What is similar between Asian green mussels, iguanas and lionfish? They are all invasive species in Florida you can eat. Here ...

During calving season, the whales migrate south to give birth in the warmer waters off the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Fewer than ...

The FWC allows for the humane killing and consumption of iguanas in Florida, as they are considered an invasive species. The lionfish is a predatory reef fish native to the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea.

Photo Provided by Jonathan Mays, FWC - Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, for WMNF News. Florida ranks seventh among U.S. states in biodiversity, with over 4500 different animal species and ...

as they are considered an invasive species. What are lionfish? Is there a lionfish problem in Florida? The lionfish is a predatory reef fish native to the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea. They have been ...

The Argentine black and white tegu lizard is a non-native, invasive species distributed throughout Florida through escapes or ...

Florida's pet fish industry is booming, but many saltwater species in home aquariums are still taken from the wild. Researchers at UF/IFAS want to change that by helping fish farmers breed popular ...