FORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS INJURED. CONTROLLING THE PYTHON POPULATION HERE IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR DESANTIS SPOKE IN STUART TODAY ABOUT SOME NEW ACTIONS THE STATE PLANS TO TAKE TO CONTROL THE GROWTH OF ...

Alligator mating season occurs in May and June, leading to increased activity and potential sightings. Alligators in Florida are opportunistic feeders, and known to occasionally prey on invasive ...

As alligator mating season ramps up in Florida, residents may notice more of the scaly predators on the move and eating just about anything they can catch. That includes invasive Burmese pythons.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes have drastically reduced native mammal populations, including raccoons, ...

Opossums could soon become weaponized against invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. Researchers want to fit 40 opossums with collars that will send signals when they die, leading them to the snake that ...

Burmese pythons are top predators in the Florida Everglades, and wildlife researchers have found a way to help control the invasive species by using opossums. Researchers have fitted opossums and ...

Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey. Opossums are a key food source for ...

An Atlantic County man accused of strangling his wife in a hotel bathroom in 2025 has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on a domestic violence victim. Judge Joseph Levin ordered Naaron Reed, 50, ...

MIDDLEBURG — A 39-year-old Middleburg man convicted of felony strangulation was sentenced Friday in Snyder County Court to a county jail term. Under a plea agreement, Will W. Brunson admitted to ...

BOISE, Idaho — An invasion of stowaways had arrived from liberal coastal states, the lawmakers asserted. “Decisive action” was needed, one said, to “slash this problem through the heart and stop the ...