COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Deep in Florida’s Everglades, it’s apparently a cat-eat-snake world. The discovery of a dead 13-foot, 52-pound Burmese python led wildlife officials on a pursuit of the ...
Burmese pythons, a non-native snake, has proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida.
Take a look at some of the biggest Burmese pythons caught during Florida's annual invasive snake hunt.
The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...
The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. The challenge aims to raise public awareness and encourage reporting of python sightings.
Furry robots that look, move, and smell like real rabbits are being used to lure and capture invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida. The snakes are being blamed ...
Pythons and alligators did not share a natural habitat until the former was introduced into the Florida Everglades in the 1970s. Now, the two are fighting a battle to be the apex predator in these ...