Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate ...

Like all nonnative reptile species, green iguanas aren't protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty law and can be humanely killed.

In South Florida, the struggle to balance human development with the protection of sensitive animal species continues — and ...

Two bills in Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...

Burmese pythons, originating from Southeast Asia, have invaded Florida's Everglades, decimating native wildlife populations.

After nesting birds — including threatened wood storks — hurried away from the kerfuffle, the park manager filed complaints ...

Green iguanas, with no natural predators in Florida, are devastating the ecosystem, eating native plants and eggs of native species. The battle lines were drawn the day John Johnson saw an iguana ...

There are hundreds of species of seaweeds in the genus Sargassum, which is a brown macroalgae found all over the globe. In ...

Florida has a variety of invasive lizard species, including iguanas ... egg predators that will consume the eggs of ground-nesting birds and reptiles," Segelson said in an email.

"And this bill is not just about birds; it is about identity ... also been designated a federally threatened species and are protected by Florida’s Endangered and Threatened Species Act and ...