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It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

Video shows capture of Burmese python in Miami-Dade neighborhood A Burmese python that had caused concern among residents in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was captured Wednesday. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — ...

The following poll closed on Dec. 31, 2025, at midnight. Earlier this month, Claude, San Francisco’s famed albino alligator and the “unofficial mascot” of the California Academy of Sciences, suddenly ...

A silver Toyota pickup rolled toward the outbound lanes at the Anzalduas International Bridge like any other southfacing car on the Texas border. To Customs and Border Patrol officers, it didn’t look ...