Tag: invasive species

NOAA leads most of the government’s work on ocean and coastal health, as well as research into climate risks.

Wind speed, climate change, past land-management practices and current human activities are reshaping fire behavior.

Conservation biologist Chris Searcy is uncovering patterns in the spread of invasive animals and plants in South Florida.

The vast majority of introduced species pose no danger to native ecosystems and in some cases can provide benefits.

While climate change sets the stage for larger and more intense fires, humans are actively fanning the flames.

The South’s iconic green lizard, threatened by an encroaching cousin, symbolizes hope in an age of environmental crisis.

It is the first time the non-native seagrass species, Halophila stipulacea, has been found in waters along the continental US.

Conservation actions improved the state of biodiversity or slowed its decline in the majority of cases (66%) compared with no ...

Much of the gambling funding would come from a deal that the state reached with the Seminole Tribe of Florida ...

Miami and West Palm Beach were among the cities with the largest increase in unusually warm winter days since 1970.