A quiet Sunday in Riviera Beach’s Woodbine neighborhood took an unexpected turn when a resident found a large snake stretched across the front door.

Police were called after a large boa constrictor appeared in a Palm Beach County neighborhood. Experts think it was an ...

Invasive species are all over America, and it’s very likely you may have seen them in your own backyard. Some species are so ...

Like other invasive species, including Burmese pythons and green iguanas, it’s legal to humanely kill Nile monitors on private property without a permit, with landowner permission, or on one of 32 ...

Green iguanas are mostly plant-eaters. Nile monitors are carnivores that actively hunt vertebrate prey. Monitors are bulkier, ...

The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. But now, as non-native apple snails disappear, the endangered Everglades bird, the snail kite, is paying the price.

Nile monitors are spreading through canals, stressing native nests. Florida expands removal rules and urges fast sighting ...

Nile monitors are classified as invasive and are not protected in Florida except under anti-cruelty laws, according to the ...

The state of Florida's 'Dirty Dozen' invasive species list recently got an update, adding three new species to the list and remove three that pose less of ...

Getty Image I swear, Florida is the land of invasive species. As if the green iguanas and Burmese pythons were not enough to wreak havoc, the Sunshine State now has another invasive species to contend ...

For invasive reptile hunters in Florida, there’s another predatory lizard on the radar. Nile monitors, native to Africa, are populating parts of the Sunshine State, and they can now be killed ...