What do the finches of the Galapagos Islands and the lizards of a tiny island at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have in common? They’ve both shaped ideas on evolution. But the lizards of Fairchild ...

Florida faces a growing threat from Nile monitors, an invasive lizard species. These aggressive reptiles are establishing ...

While not venomous, their bite can cause serious infections and they are potentially dangerous to people and pets. This ...

Can one Florida invasive lizard preying on another that doesn't belong here lead to more mosquito bites and dangerous viruses for us all? Researchers suspect the answer might be 'yes.' Invasive brown ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

Mosquitoes might be the bane of a summer barbecue in Kendall or a stroll on Miami Beach, but researchers in Florida are now also looking at the insects' more obscure targets—and how even a tiny, ...

How do intermittent events like hurricanes impact natural selection? How do animals adapt to challenging weather? A ...

Florida's wild residents are closer than you might realize, and none are more in your face than the Brown Anole.

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — A First Coast News crew was walking through Dutton Island Preserve in Atlantic Beach, filming video for a story when something caught their attention. Stradling a guardrail was ...

ABOVE: A look at today's top headlines(WBBH) - Alfredo Fermin has one of those – a ‘you do what?’ kind of job.“He’s trying to bite me right there,” Fermin ...

Green anoles are less frequently seen near the ground as brown anoles become more prolific, instead evolving to a better suited life in the tree canopy. (Augustus Hoff/WUFT News) She sits, her sleek, ...

MIAMI — Mosquitoes might be the bane of a summer barbecue in Kendall or a stroll on Miami Beach, but researchers in Florida are now also looking at the insects’ more obscure targets — and how even a ...