Nuisance Species Program News Today

Georgia wildlife officials asked residents to report sightings of the blue land crab, an invasive species native to Florida and more southern coasts.

Blue land crabs are native from Brazil to southern Florida and can be as large as 5 to 6 inches. The species has been spotted in Coastal Georgia and is a cause for concern, wildlife experts say.

Recent sightings of a large, non-native land crab along the South Atlantic coast, including coastal Georgia, are a cause for concern, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife

Left untreated, this invasive plant forms a 3-foot-thick mat on the top of lakes.

A teenager in South Carolina caught a pacu from Lake Hartwell. The fish is considered an invasive exotic species from South America. Here's what you should know.

The Kansan It has not been found in Harvey County lakes just yet, but a new invasive and aggressive type of crayfish has been found in McPherson County.  State wildlife officials say visitors there and to other small water bodies around the state should also be on the lookout after an initial Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks-funded university research project focused on the freshwater crustacean found multiple Rusty Crayfish in the McPherson State Fishing Lake. It is likely a matter of ...