They hunt in a nightmarish way ― grabbing prey as it passes. Once secured with a bite, pythons wrap their bodies around their ...

MARTIN COUNTY — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Oct. 21 announced a new partnership with a Miami-based company to help remove more ...

BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, Florida—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sold the public on the detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz as an efficient and cost-effective way to deal with a major public ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has removed 20 tons of Burmese pythons from the western Everglades since 2013. The invasive pythons have decimated native wildlife, with at least 85 species ...

Earlier this year, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida passed an astonishing milesone: The nonprofit announced it had taken 20 tons of pythons out of the western Everglade – the rough equivalent of a ...

The Alligator Alley trail at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland has been reopened to the public. A portion of the trail had been closed since June because of alligator activity. With the reopening of ...

The alligator seen on Belle Isle on Sept. 26 has been caught and is now in a serpentarium in Westland. State park goers should not approach wild animals or release wild animals or pets at state parks, ...

The federal government reimbursed Florida $608 million for two state-run immigration facilities. The FEMA payment covers the construction and management of the "Alligator Alcatraz" and "Deportation ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

When you think of pets in the White House, dogs like Bo or Commander probably come to mind. But for decades, a strange rumor has lingered about John Quincy Adams and an alligator said to have lived in ...