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What makes an animal invasive, and which species are causing the most destruction across North America? A species is ...

The first thing that comes to mind when one hears of snakes is fear. The image of a cobra or a viper strikes their mind immediately. This leads to the common belief that all snakes are deadly. However ...

If you care about Florida's native turtles, nesting birds, and wild spaces, this story will hit close to home. Nile monitor lizards - powerful, fast-moving carnivores that can grow up to 7 feet long - ...

Invasive species are all over America, and it’s very likely you may have seen them in your own backyard. Some species are so common that we wouldn’t even think of them as being non-native. While ...

A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.

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You've heard of yoga with kittens, and goats, and maybe even reindeer… but what about a bunch of pythons and one baby ...

Nile monitors are spreading across South Florida. They are olive-green or black, with yellow striping on their head and jaw ...

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Shoppers at an antique store in New York discovered an eastern screech owl sleeping on a shelf next to a chicken-shaped cookie jar.

A New South Wales man who admitted to poaching several rare snakes from a rainforest national park in Far North Queensland has been fined and given a suspended prison term. Clinton Spiteri, 48, was ...