Cash for pythons: Program celebrates another productive month

South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

Florida python hunters rake in cash for eliminating invasive snakes

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

Florida Rep. joins UF scientists to capture, track invasive pythons

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 ...

Florida's New Invasive Species Is a 7-Foot Lizard That Eats Everything and Fears Nothing

"They're very wild, they're very active. They don't make good pets at all. They don't calm down." ...

This Air-Breathing Swamp Eel Is Quietly Taking Over the Florida Everglades

Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...
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Monster Burmese python caught by 3 hunters in Florida. Was it biggest ever captured?

Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught the invasive snake near Everglades City just after midnight on ...
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Python Challenge nears: Want to kill a Burmese python in Florida? Keep your gun holstered

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 ...
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Weather prompts Gasparilla invasion route change, parade on as scheduled

TAMPA, Fla. — The Gasparilla pirate invasion will look a little different Saturday, due to the expected cold temperatures and high winds. Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla announced the Jose Gasparilla II ...