Last month, The Ledger reported that one of Florida’s largest citrus growers was fined after state investigators found that it illegally sprayed pesticides that “killed millions of honeybees.” Ben Hill Griffin Inc., headquartered in Frostproof, was fined $1,500 in what may be the state’s first case of a citation related to a bee kill. At…
[The Guardian] Federal wildlife officials alarmed by an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades have tried radio tracking collars, a massive public hunt and even snake-sniffing dogs to control the invasive species. Now there’s talk of snaring the elusive pythons in specially designed traps. The US Department of Agriculture received a patent in…
As I covered previously on this blog as part of a series on invasive species in Florida, Dioscorea bulbifera, or “air potato” as it is commonly called, is native to tropical Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and was introduced to Florida around 1905. It can grow 8 inches a day and the vines can grow in…
The following is re-posted from the University of Florida News… UF scientists find state record 87 eggs in largest python from Everglades… Scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the University of Florida campus examined the internal anatomy of the 164.5-pound snake Friday. The animal was brought to the Florida Museum from Everglades…
The headline reads like the title of a 1970s drive in theater horror film…”Invasion of the Lionfish!” But this is no piece of fictional teen filmmaking, it is real and it is happening in Florida’s waters. Pterois miles and Pterois volitans, or “lionfish” are invading Florida and the predator has the potential to cause great…
This is the first in a series focusing on invasive species in Florida. The series will cover non-native, or exotic, land and aquatic invasive species. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines an invasive species as: “an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human…
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