Amy Siewe has always loved snakes. When she was a kid, her dad would take her down to the creek and they'd try to catch reptiles, amphibians — all kinds of little critters. But in early 2019, she ...

Nile monitors are classified as invasive and are not protected in Florida except under anti-cruelty laws, according to the ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control ...

For invasive reptile hunters in Florida, there’s another predatory lizard on the radar. Nile monitors, native to Africa, are populating parts of the Sunshine State, and they can now be killed ...

In the Florida Everglades, an unusual scene was observed: a Burmese python regurgitated a whole white-tailed deer. This event, which occurred during a sudden temperature drop, offers a rare glimpse ...

Like other invasive species, including Burmese pythons and green iguanas, it’s legal to humanely kill Nile monitors on private property without a permit, with landowner permission, or on one of 32 ...

Invasive snakes pose a significant threat to US ecosystems, disrupting wildlife balance and altering food webs. Species like the Burmese python in Florida, brown tree snake in Guam, and boa ...

Florida is transforming invasive Burmese pythons into high-end fashion accessories, a novel approach to environmental conservation. This state-backed initiative partners with a textile manufacturer to ...

Officers say it was hard to tell who had a grip on who during this wildlife encounter.