A cluster of viral threats is quietly building among captive and wild reptile populations, raising concerns that current surveillance systems are not keeping pace with the speed at which these ...

A Florida bank president and her husband support local wildlife conservation efforts in Southwest Florida. The Clinic for the ...

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The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

A contracted hunter captured the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. Invasive Burmese pythons are devastating the South Florida ecosystem by preying on small ...

A professional snake hunter had his hands full earlier this month, as he grappled with the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida. Carl Jackson, 43, was dragged 10 to 15 feet over red ...

A python hunter caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The 16-foot, 10-inch female python was captured in Big Cypress National Park with the help of ...

A Southwest Florida python removal program has captured over 48,000 pounds of the invasive snakes. This year's python breeding season started earlier than usual, possibly due to warmer winter weather.