KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. (WFLA) – A 12-foot python and 39 python eggs were removed from the Florida Everglades on Friday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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

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

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

Wildlife researchers in Key Largo are collaring opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons that prey on endangered native mammals. The method uses mortality signals from VHF collars when a ...

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 ...

During the Florida Python Challenge, one family walked away with the competition’s top prize after an impressive showing in ...

Florida is home to 46 native snake species, with several lakes known for high snake populations. The Everglades are notable for the invasive Burmese python, which has thrived for decades. Lake ...

Burmese pythons can also swallow much bigger prey, due to their ability to open their flexible jaws even wider than their ...