Spring and summer bring great weather, but they also bring a few pests. Heading to Pensacola Beach? Watch out for yellow flies. Mowing your yard? Watch for fire ants. Looking through your closet?

Genus Culicoides, a type of midge that can spread Oropouche, or sloth fever, via Scott Bauer, U.S. Agricultural Research Service Floridians traveling to Cuba account for all of the 90 Oropouche, or ...

Cane toads, aka bufo toads, in Florida secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, ...

The green iguana has become a ubiquitous sight across South Florida, often lounging in trees or sunning itself on sidewalks.

There are many types of scale insects that potentially can become a pest on a number of landscape plants in North Florida. But the home gardener may not recognize these small-scale critters as insects ...

The long-struggling Florida citrus industry now faces an invasive species crisis, but researchers have a plan to fight back.

OSTEEN — When bats glide out at dusk, especially around Halloween, the sight can feel spooky enough to quicken one's steps, urging you inside and out of reach of the shadowy, darting creatures. But ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Just a few days before Christmas, only three restaurants across Florida were forced to close due to health ...

A strange new species of bug has been discovered in Florida — and they could wreak havoc on the state’s crops. The plant-munching pest was discovered chowing down on sea grapes on Miami Beach by ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) -- The tourists stream to Florida in their cars, intent on a week at Disney or a sugar-sand seashore or a nonstop party on South Beach. Road weary and thirsty, they pull over at ...