"This is a predator like the system’s never seen." Experts alarmed as harmful creatures spread in US waterways: 'The worst … ...

Sometimes we get so used to dreamy landscapes and cute puppies that we forget about nature's dark side. But it's there.

Florida International University researchers have documented the arrival -- and takeover -- of the asian swamp eel in Florida ...

South Florida researchers warn the Everglades face an Asian swamp eel invasion, depleting small fish and starving wading birds, threatening the wetland food web.

When the tide rolls out along the shoreline of San Pablo Bay, plots of long, sinewy grass, known as eel grass, peak out from the water. Researchers have long known these plots of grass as a favorite ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge yielded 294 Burmese pythons, the most since the challenge began. Taylor Stanberry won the Ultimate Grand Prize of $10,000 for capturing 60 pythons. A total of 294 ...

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"By using eels as a living model, we were able to guide the simulation and robotics models with biological data." The models in this study show that basic components of the motor system, like ...

Eighth-graders on Staten Island spent their free time this past spring counting — thousands of eels! Dozens of nature-minded middle-schoolers waded into Richmond Creek with nets in hand to scoop out ...

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese pythons ...