Florida crews find two 17-foot Burmese pythons together, likely preying on white-tailed deer
Wildlife crews in the Florida Everglades recently came across two unusually large invasive snakes, each measuring 17 feet.…
Invasive Burmese pythons have established a new hot spot in Florida: Wildlife experts
Invasive Burmese pythons have slithered to a new location in South Florida, establishing a colony outside the previously…
Python hunters hit a Florida Everglades island and find 4 big snakes, 3 nests, and an egg-filled female
A routine stop in the Florida Everglades quickly became a stark reminder of just how deeply invasive Burmese…
Snake hunters gather in Florida to kill invasive pythons for $25,000 in prizes
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Florida hunter lands one of the state’s biggest pythons, a 202-pound female carrying 200 eggs
A state-contracted hunter in Big Cypress National Preserve took a massive Burmese python out of the swamp: a…
Florida biologists turn GPS-collared possums into python bait in new hunting tactic
South Florida’s campaign against invasive Burmese pythons has already involved everything from drones to thermal imaging. Researchers are…
Florida tells hunters to scan levee banks, and skip the water, for Everglades pythons
Florida is warning would-be hunters that Burmese pythons, one of the Everglades’ most destructive invasive species, are easier…
Invasive curly-tailed lizard is spreading across Central Florida up from the Bahamas
Once mostly associated with South Florida, a Bahamas-native lizard is now showing up much farther north. Researchers say…
Florida’s 1,000 would-be python killers are heading into the Everglades for a $10,000 prize
To combat the Burmese python, one of the region’s most destructive invasive species, Florida is once again opening…
Get ready, snake hunters: Florida’s $25,000 python challenge is back in the Everglades
It’s primetime for Florida men and women to live up to the well-earned reputation. Florida is again inviting…
‘They look like mini dinosaurs’: Giant invasive lizards move into Florida neighborhood
COCOA, Fla. – People who live around Lake Poinsett are used to seeing alligators But one homeowner says…
A small fish with a big job: The American flagfish and Florida’s troubled waters
By Sean Patton, Stocking Savvy Florida is home to some of the most remarkable freshwater life in North…