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 ...

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Nile monitors are olive-green or black with yellow striping on their head and jaw. They have razor-sharp claws, a long split ...

The Nile monitor has an aggressive temperament and thrives in Florida's climate.

South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

The time-honored work of commercial fishing continues in some small pockets of Florida, but the state's first industry has nearly vanished amid explosive development. The Treasure Coast once was lined ...

Common big-eared bat (Micronycteris microtis) approaching a katydid resting on a leaf. Credit: Inga Geipel, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Co-author Inga Geipel, a research associate at STRI, ...

Broad-banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata confluens) swims in the stagnant water of a bayou. ©tornado98/ via Getty Images Snakes are incredible hunters, with different species having their own unique ...

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