DUCK KEY, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is celebrating what it calls a successful Python Challenge and announcing its 2024 winners. This year, 857 participants ...

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

The Justice Department released a portion of the Jeffrey Epstein files to meet the Friday deadline established in a congressional bill with a series of downloadable files related to the convicted sex ...

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Fashion trend forecasters should flag snake skin as the next big thing in the Sunshine State. The invasive Burmese python, which has been terrorizing the natural wildlife of the Florida Everglades for ...

STUART, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis announced a record-breaking removal of invasive Burmese pythons from Florida’s Everglades, with 294 pythons captured during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

His snake eyes were bigger than his stomach. Florida might have a new ally in the ongoing fight against the invasive Burmese python scourge — chilly weather. Researchers who track the elusive and ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

A large albino Burmese python, nicknamed "Nanners," was captured in Prosperity, South Carolina, after weeks on the loose. Local resident Warren Gallman and friends caught the snake, which had been ...

Nearly 300 Burmese pythons were removed during a record-setting Florida Python Challenge this year, state wildlife officials said. The 10-day competition that ran from July 11-20 resulted in a record ...

Dangerous animals such as black bears and mountain lions have been spotted in Iowa throughout the past decade. A python was recently added to that list. Des Moines police notified residents of a ...