The new year started off with a bang when a python hunter caught a 202-pound female python. That's a lot of meat to eat. But ...

A silent disaster is unfolding in the Florida Everglades. An invasive giant snake, the Burmese python, has triggered a near ...

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

Biologists keep that context in mind when cold snap stories focus only on invasives. A still marsh can look empty even when natives are simply conserving energy. The calm can help trackers read fresh ...

When parts of the south sit below 50°F for hours, cold-blooded life slows, hides, or tumbles into the headlines. Iguanas lose ...

Cozy climate and other factors align in Florida to make the state Earth’s playground for the most established, invasive ...

Kelly Crandall, a state DEC wildlife biologist, is the presenter for the Feb. 6 First Friday lunch at 11 a.m. at the Audubon ...

Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch on Jan. 13.

Professional python hunter needed his family’s help to wrest the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python on record out of the ...

Python hunters have nothing to be afraid of when it comes to venom and pythons. They are not venomous. But they have very sharp teeth.

Wildlife experts in Florida continue to prioritize the elimination of invasive Burmese pythons. A presentation on the impact of pythons will be given by scientist Michael Kirkland on Sanibel Island.