The Everglades, home to one of the most diverse wetland ecosystems, is a symbol of Florida's natural resilience. The area spanning 1.5 million acres of slow-moving water across central and southern ...

The Asian swamp eel is an air-breathing, mud-loving predator spreading throughout the United States. These slithering threats are hard to detect and built to survive conditions that affect native fish ...

A slimy air-breathing eel that can live out of water for months at a time is slithering our way. Biologists fear the Asian swamp eel could wipe out countless small native Florida fish and ...

Taylor Slough, a deep marshy river that channels water through the Florida Everglades, once teemed with crayfish and small fish, and was ripe for the picking for nesting wading birds feeding their ...

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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 ...

The eels pose a threat to local populations of native species and to Everglades restoration efforts. The University of Florida is asking for the public to help track the eels by reporting any ...