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Invasive Species

elongated fish with short fins down the top and bottom length of its body and a small tail fin with a mark that mimics its round red eye

Invasive Species

Non-native snakehead fish spotted for the first time along Florida’s Gulf Coast

January 23, 2023

A population of non-native aggressive, air-breathing fish known as the goldline snakehead (Channa aurolineata) was documented for the first time…Read More

Caterpillar eating its way through a plant stem

Invasive Species

Tracking the origin of southern California’s latest invasive pest

September 22, 2022

In 2012, a crop of California’s most prized ornamental trees was overrun by an invisible invader. The growing shoots of…Read More

Person holding chanchita

Invasive Species

Chanchita may have the highest cold tolerance of all non-native fish in central Florida

June 29, 2022

When Florida Museum ichthyology collection manager Rob Robins brought home fish samples from central Florida in 2017, he didn’t anticipate…Read More

parasitic isopod

Invasive Species

Invasive shrimp-sucking parasite continues northward Pacific expansion

September 17, 2020

R esearchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in the waters of British Columbia’s Calvert Island. The…Read More

Curly tail lateral view

Invasive Species

Florida lizard’s bad case of constipation makes history

April 27, 2020

Feasting at a Cocoa Beach pizza parlor grease bin gave one northern curly-tailed lizard a record-breaking case of constipation. Mouthfuls…Read More

dark freshwater fish

Invasive Species

Fish switch: Identity of mystery invader in Florida waters corrected after 20 years

January 8, 2020

Sometimes scientists make mistakes. Case in point is the chanchita, a South American freshwater fish that has been swimming in…Read More

rat lungworm larvae

Invasive Species

Potentially lethal parasite rat lungworm found throughout Florida

June 28, 2017

University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis in humans and animals, in…Read More

Florida woods

Invasive Species

What are Florida’s invaders?

February 27, 2017

Florida’s warm, wet climate makes the state a prime environment for new species to move in and thrive. And because…Read More

crocodile in water

Invasive Species

Man-eating monster crocodile may be Florida’s newest invasive species

May 9, 2016

Spotting native alligators and crocodiles in Florida is common, but anyone who sees a large reptile may want to take…Read More

Researchers cutting into the stomach of a python

Invasive Species

Invasive species

May 22, 2015

Kenneth Krysko, a herpetologist (reptile researcher) at the Florida Museum of Natural History, discusses the problem of the state’s invasive…Read More

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Gainesville, FL 32611

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