Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...

In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

Opossums are being used to fight invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. Here's how researchers are doing it and pythons ...

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

One python hunter, Anthony Flanagan, had a busy March eliminating the invasive snakes. He was rewarded by the South Florida ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's annual gala raised over $2 million for environmental programs. A stay at "Alligator Ron" Bergeron's Everglades property auctioned for $100,000. Two Burmese ...

A new study suggests a substance in python blood could lead to new weight loss therapies for humans. The mice given the substance lost 9% of their body weight over 28 days. Scientists believe this ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

A Palm Beach County man discovered a 7-foot boa snake in his driveway while on his way to work. The snake was identified as a boa constrictor, an invasive species in Florida, but likely a pet. A ...

Toby with a trophy osceola gobbler taken after extensive scouting and having patterned the big beautiful bird. [Photo provided by Toby Benoit] Friends, I’ve been spending an awful lot of time in the ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the natural ecosystem by eating the native mammals like ...