Florida’s coral reefs provide protection from hurricane storm surges—and experts estimate that losing key species in those ...

Thanks to corals’ deep-sea cousins, even the most extreme environmental changes—global warming or sudden, severe variations ...

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Six snake species in Florida can kill you, but few people have died in 20 years. Still, researchers say we need to learn more ...

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Burmese pythons are an invasive species from Southeast Asia now established in South Florida. While freezing temperatures can ...

Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystem. By Catrin Einhorn After a searing ocean ...

A dying thicket of acropora cervicornis, or staghorn coral, in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, on Sept. 11, 2023, with some branches completely bleached and others having already died. / (Shedd ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Rodent skulls. Dead caecilians. Beetles. Coral snakes in jars. An extinct anole from Puerto Rico. Cordyceps. Plants that smell like gym socks. Squeamish readers, look away. This is how ...

Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...

As the leaves turn to shades of orange and brown, a copperhead snake starts to blend perfectly into its habitat. These are one of four venomous snakes found in Texas alongside rattlesnakes, ...