Garden plantings of native coontie helped fuel a quiet rebound, with sightings now spreading north and peaking in Florida’s ...

The event offers a $10,000 grand prize to whoever removes the most Burmese pythons from the Everglades The annual challenge ...

Deep in the Florida Everglades, a team of snake hunters spent hours searching for one of the swamp's most elusive predators. Just when it seemed like another slow day, a trained dog picked up a scent.

From rattlesnakes to copperheads and cottonmouths, Central Florida is home to six venomous snakes. Here's what to watch out ...

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science stepped in.

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

A Florida man was fined for catching an invasive python in Everglades National Park. His case was later dismissed.

Two people sustained shark-related injuries within three days in the Florida Panhandle. Shark attacks in the Pensacola area are extremely rare, with only six confirmed unprovoked attacks since 1882.

Vultures raiding a Burmese python nest in Broward County might sound like classic Florida weirdness, but University of Florida researchers said the discovery marks the first documented case of native ...

Florida is home to over 40 native snake species, but only six are venomous. Snakes are most active during the spring and summer months. Florida's venomous snakes have harmless look-alikes, making ...

The gruesome nature of shark bites never fails to throw them grossly out of proportion to how rarely they actually occur. Indeed, this particular bite was probably to be expected: Galveston County ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that pose a significant threat to the Everglades ecosystem. The Florida Python Challenge is an annual event designed to raise awareness and remove ...