Now is a great time to catch a couple of exotic species that South Florida anglers appreciate — peacock bass and snakeheads.

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in a press release that a prehistoric species of turtle native to Florida is officially a federally threatened species under the Endangered ...

More than 500 non-native species have been reported in Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Widlife Conservation ...

Southwest Florida waters are home to some of the Amazon's most prized gamefish. If that sentence sounds a little strange, it should. Amazonian fish don't belong in our ponds, lakes and rivers, but ...

A recent study changed how an iconic fish is classified - and identified a further range than expected for the "new" species including North Carolina. Until recently, the Florida bass was thought for ...

Heads up Florida. Say hello to your new neighbor, the Asian swamp eel. The swamp eel is one of the latest — and unwelcome — invasive species seen in the Sunshine State and officials want the public's ...

Some largemouth bass in Florida were found to be genetically distinct from others and have been renamed Florida bass, wildlife officials said. Photo by Andrey Trusov via Unsplash A variety of popular ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has recognized the Florida bass as a unique species separate from the Largemouth bass and will incorporate the species name ...

On Tuesday, Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced that 195 Burmese pythons had been removed from South Florida as part of this year’s annual python challenge. In all, 857 ...

Florida is unfortunately home to a lot of uninvited guests — especially invasive species. But there might be another way to control their rapidly increasing populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...