Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, setting a state record. Her work shows ...

"This is a South Florida problem that is rapidly turning into a Central Florida problem." ...

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and tons of data ...

The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.

When an invasive species alters that system, the effects can extend far beyond the food chain.

As python hunters head out into the Everglades for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, many of them will feel the bite of the invasive snake.

The Key Largo woodrat has survived in the tropical hammocks of a narrow Florida island for thousands of years. It builds ...

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

Florida is home to all sorts of diverse wildlife, beautiful shores and animal-filled ecosystems, but it also has a snake ...

The heat index is expected to reach the mid-100s across the entire Florida peninsula toward the end of the week and into the ...

South Florida is headed for another hot week as dry Saharan dust inhibits thunderstorms early in the week, and “feels-like” ...

After several days of torrential rain in rural areas of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, we can expect a break, but it brings with it extreme heat. Another slug of Saharan air filters into Florida ...