In Palm Beach County, 69 Burmese pythons have been captured since 2006, according to the Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System, or EDDMapS. In addition, four have been found dead, and 24 ...

In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control ...

In the past three decades, invasive Burmese pythons have spread like the Florida Everglades. Taking out hundreds of native species and repopulating at lightning speed, pythons have dominated the ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

States away, non-native Burmese pythons have established a breeding population in Florida and they're spreading fast, with projections putting them in at least 15 American states by the turn of the ...

Australia is home to top-notch wildlife, and among its strongest reptiles is the amethystine python, or scrub python. The behemoth of a snake is harmless but has left others speechless over its ...

BURMESE PYTHON LIKE THIS ONE IN SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. NOW THEY ARE NOT INDIGENOUS SPECIES TO FLORIDA, AND IT’S THOUGHT TO HAVE ONCE BEEN SOMEONE’S PET. WESH 2 SCOTT HEIDLER SPOKE WITH THE TRAPPERS ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

Luring animals by tapping into their sex drive is an age-old practice — deer hunters rattle antlers to bring in territorial bucks. Turkey hunters mimic a hen’s come-hither yelp. Now, researchers from ...

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