Modesto A Maidique assumed the presidency at FIU in 1986 becoming the fourth in the university's history Maidique graduated with a Bachelor of Science Master of Science and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) before joining the private sector He held academic appointments from MIT Harvard and Stanford Universities and has been named to several US Presidential boards and committees, Tourism Culture and wildlife 1890s: Fast growth and formation Endangered marine species include the manatee seals sea lions turtles and whales Drift net fishing can kill dolphins albatrosses and other seabirds (petrels auks) hastening the fish stock decline and contributing to international disputes Municipal pollution comes from the eastern United States southern Brazil and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in the Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Lake Maracaibo Mediterranean Sea and North Sea; and industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in the Baltic Sea North Sea and Mediterranean Sea. . . . .
Native to southern Asia the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) is a relatively new invasive species in the Everglades This species can grow up to 20 feet (6.1 m) long and they compete with alligators for the top of the food chain Florida wildlife officials speculate that escaped pythons have begun reproducing in an environment for which they are well-suited in Everglades National Park alone agents removed more than 2,000 Burmese pythons from the park as of 2017 Federal authorities banned four species of exotic snakes including the Burmese python in 2012 the pythons are believed to be responsible for drastic decreases in the populations of some mammals within the park. .
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