In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

A python hunter captured the second heaviest Burmese python on record in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The captured female python measured 16 feet, 10 inches long and was found in the Big Cypress ...

The University of Florida is asking the public to help track the eels to prevent them from becoming more widespread. The eels pose a threat to native wildlife and could disrupt Everglades restoration ...

A python hunter earned multiple cash bonuses in March for capturing the most and longest snakes. The South Florida Water Management District's program pays contractors to remove invasive Burmese ...

STARKE, Fla. — The Florida Youth ChalleNGe Academy (FLYCA), a Florida National Guard-operated alternative program for youth, is closing its doors after nearly 25 years. "The Florida National Guard has ...

A new study suggests a substance in python blood could lead to new weight loss therapies for humans. The mice given the substance lost 9% of their body weight over 28 days. Scientists believe this ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. (WFLA)— A Florida representative joined university of Florida scientists to capture a 10-foot python they have tracked. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined UF scientists to ...

On a warm and clear Wednesday morning in the Everglades, researchers Melissa Miller and Brandon Welty dug through grass and dirt in search of a ten-foot snake they had seen just a week before. Members ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...

March 10 (UPI) --Firefighters in Florida came to the rescue of a large pet python that slithered into the dashboard of a car and wouldn't come out. The Coral Springs Fire Department said on social ...