invasive exotics /tags/invasive-exotics invasive exotics en-US WLRN Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:28:34 GMT Tackling The Iguana Invasion In Key West, One Lizard At A Time /news/2019-09-24/tackling-the-iguana-invasion-in-key-west-one-lizard-at-a-time Green iguanas are invasive exotics and in South Florida, their numbers have exploded. They eat vegetation and sometimes bird eggs. And they dig into the… Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:28:34 GMT /news/2019-09-24/tackling-the-iguana-invasion-in-key-west-one-lizard-at-a-time Nancy Klingener Key West Takes On Iguanas, Hopes County And State Join In /news/2019-07-12/key-west-takes-on-iguanas-hopes-county-and-state-join-in Key West is taking on the island's abundant wild iguana population. They're everywhere, including city-owned property, from the old landfill known as… Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:47:00 GMT /news/2019-07-12/key-west-takes-on-iguanas-hopes-county-and-state-join-in Nancy Klingener Scientists Studying New 'Hybrid' Pythons In The Everglades /show/sundial/2018-08-30/scientists-studying-new-hybrid-pythons-in-the-everglades The U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, is collecting DNA to track a new snake hybrid in the Everglades.A genetic research study, published this month, examined… Thu, 30 Aug 2018 22:38:53 GMT /show/sundial/2018-08-30/scientists-studying-new-hybrid-pythons-in-the-everglades Unicornfish Are A Real Thing But They're Not Supposed To Be In Florida /news/2018-04-06/unicornfish-are-a-real-thing-but-theyre-not-supposed-to-be-in-florida Divers from a Key Largo environmental group and a Miami science museum removed an orangespine unicornfish from a reef off the Upper Keys this week.The… Fri, 06 Apr 2018 21:42:21 GMT /news/2018-04-06/unicornfish-are-a-real-thing-but-theyre-not-supposed-to-be-in-florida Nancy Klingener State Holding Workshops On Coping With Iguanas In Florida Keys /news/2017-12-07/state-holding-workshops-on-coping-with-iguanas-in-florida-keys In South Florida, iguanas are everywhere. So now the state agency responsible for protecting wildlife — and dealing with exotic species — is holding… Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:52:00 GMT /news/2017-12-07/state-holding-workshops-on-coping-with-iguanas-in-florida-keys Nancy Klingener Hatchling Pythons Discovered In The Keys /news/2016-09-22/hatchling-pythons-discovered-in-the-keys Burmese pythons have established themselves in the Everglades — and now they appear to be breeding in the Florida Keys, according to state and federal… Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:52:45 GMT /news/2016-09-22/hatchling-pythons-discovered-in-the-keys Nancy Klingener New Bill Aims To 'FILET' Lionfish /environment/2016-03-18/new-bill-aims-to-filet-lionfish For more than a decade, lionfish have been a problem in Atlantic waters — especially South Florida, where the invasive exotics eat native fish, including… Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:19:42 GMT /environment/2016-03-18/new-bill-aims-to-filet-lionfish Nancy Klingener