Chalk it up to another unfortunate side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic: Blood-sucking lampreys are back. Sea lampreys are parasitic fish from the northern Atlantic …
Read moreBlood-sucking sea lampreys on the rise in Great Lakes again
Their name and moth-like appearance may seem appealing, but if you see spotted lanternflies in the U.S., officials want you to kill them. That’s because …
Read moreIf you see these colorful lanternflies, officials want you to kill them
As the balminess of summer starts to fade and we bid farewell to our warm-weather gardens, the hardy sunflower will often continue blooming into the …
Read moreThis sunflower plant can produce up to 1,000 blooms in one season
South Florida has an ongoing Python Elimination Program in which trained agents hunt and remove many of the tens of thousands of invasive pythons living …
Read moreFlorida is testing to see how pythons can be safely eaten to combat overpopulation
Florida residents and visitors might expect to see the occasional alligator on a golf course or beach and perhaps even lizards falling from trees now …
Read moreA huge, record-breaking python was caught in Florida
All 50 states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are issuing warnings as packages of mystery seeds arrive in unsuspecting Americans’ mailboxes. The warnings tell Americans …
Read moreUSDA issues warning about mystery seeds showing up in Americans’ mailboxes