Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...

One challenge in managing invasive pythons is their elusive behavior, compounded by the difficult-to-access terrain and their ...

Are Florida's invasive Burmese pythons are more active in warmer months? Signs show signs of cold tolerance, potentially ...

It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a new year under way the South Florida Water Management Districted (SFWMD) is once again incentivizing Burmese python hunters ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

MIAMI — With the arrival of cold weather, some people in South Florida see low temperatures as a possible solution to the region’s invasive reptile problem. But that hope cools quickly: species like ...

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.