A post‑meal compound found in python blood curbed appetite in lab mice, hinting at future weight loss therapies.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife is asking people to report sightings, but to stay away to avoid any attacks or incidents ...

Typically, when people think of dangerous animal encounters, they imagine them happening in remote wild places. In reality, they can happen almost anywhere, including along roadsides and near ...

A nightmarish eel is invading the Everglades and gobbling up native crayfish, a keystone species that is oblivious to the ...

A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.

On a warm and clear Wednesday morning in the Everglades, researchers Melissa Miller and Brandon Welty dug through grass and dirt in search of a ten-foot snake they had seen just a week before. Members ...

Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...

After following all of the official rules and regulations, Freddy and Mike dressed to kill—in their knee-high snake boots, ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...

You've heard of yoga with kittens, and goats, and maybe even reindeer… but what about a bunch of pythons and one baby Columbian Common Boa named Mango?

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

Some families go to the beach or into the mountains together. Others prefer museums, movies, or theme parks. Carl Jackson’s clan, though, would rather be chasing invasive Burmese pythons through the ...