Mating season warning: Officials caution that May–June brings heightened alligator activity, raising the risk of encounters with people and pets near waterways. Predator showdown: In the Everglades, ...

Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.

A large python in the video appears to be constricting a deer beside a Florida roadway before a driver intervenes. Burmese pythons are the invasive giant snakes most commonly associated with Florida, ...

Florida hosts an annual Python Challenge, offering a $10,000 prize to the participant who removes the most invasive pythons. The 2025 challenge winner, Taylor Stanberry, was the first woman to win and ...

Florida's opossums could soon become weaponized against prolific and invasive Burmese pythons by tracking them.

Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums. Because opossums are one of the snakes’ favorite prey, scientists discovered ...