Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem praised the innovative new Florida Everglades detention center for criminal illegal aliens where “some of the worst scumbags” allowed into the country […] ...

Thanks to a collaborative effort between the Conservancy of Southwest Florida and researchers at the University of Florida, ...

Florida is fighting against the invasive Burmese python. Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed over 1,000 snakes since 2013. These pythons threaten the Everglades ecosystem. They eat native species ...

In southern Alabama or southern Georgia, seeing an American alligator gobble up a beaver amid white water lilies would be a memorable sight, and an entirely natural one. To see a Nile crocodile ...

Florida python hunterrs, Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught a massive Burmese python in the Everglades on May 31, 2025.

In natural environments, species like pythons help keep smaller animal populations in check. While these mesopredators are impressive, they are not immune to being hunted.

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 ...

Pythons have been established in the Everglades since the 1980s, but studies and sightings show the cold-blooded snakes have adapted to cooler temperatures and different habitats.

The largest captured Burmese python in Florida was 18 feet long. The non-native, invasive species are predators that can kill everything from field mice to deer and from cats to dogs.

Pythons have been established in the Everglades since the 1980s, but studies and sightings show the cold-blooded snakes have adapted to cooler temperatures and different habitats.. The USGS has ...

Non-Floridians may not be aware of this, but the Sunshine State is in a major battle with the Burmese python. From 1996 to 2006, nearly 100,000 were imported from Southeast Asia, with the U.S. banning ...

But Kochi is a natural habitat of the species. Pythons like to stay around wetlands and close to water bodies. You can find them in burrows near drains, canals and marshy areas.