Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits ...

Florida is grappling with an increasing population of Burmese pythons and the city administration recently deployed rabbit ...

Researchers who track the elusive and reviled reptiles were thrilled to witness one of the greedy beasts regurgitating an ...

Burmese pythons continue to be an invasive species in Florida, but declining deer numbers in the state have concerned scientists given that the grazers form an important diet of local predators, ...

Burmese pythons aren't native to Florida - they're an invasive species that's been disrupting the Everglades ecosystem for decades. The snakes, which can grow over 18 feet long and weigh more than 200 ...

Experience Asia or pretend you are in Telluride instead of Tallahassee at film fest; catch country artist Parker McCollum and Panacea Blue Crab.

Here we are, heading into our second weekend of whitetail archery season in our county. Well, most of our county anyway; the ...

Imagine stumbling upon a slice of paradise that’s been hiding in plain sight all along – that’s exactly what Hillsborough River State Park near Tampa offers with its 3,383 acres of untamed Florida ...

Three recent incidents of Burmese pythons slithering around homes in South Florida were captured on video and raise the question of whether the invasive snakes are closing in on urban areas. A python ...

Naples-based Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s python hunters smash records, removing massive invasive snakes to protect fragile Everglades wildlife.

Note: The following contains excerpts from a Sept. 9, 2016, article in The News-Press entitled “History of flushing Lake Okeechobee dates back to 1800s” by Cynthia A. Williams. From Lake Okeechobee to ...