EVERGLADES NAT'L PARK, Fla. – For years, the Burmese python has run rampant in the Florida Everglades. The invasive snake has ...

Studies indicate Burmese pythons' gape size is bigger than previously thought, allowing them to consume larger prey and significantly impact Florida's ecosystem by preying on larger animals. A new stu ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. That's the invasive species that's been wreaking havoc across ...

Invasive Burmese pythons continue to devastate native wildlife populations in South Florida, swallowing prey as large as deer and alligators whole. Recently, biologists witnessed a significant and ...

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The snakes are found predominately in the Everglades in huge numbers ... both making their home in Southwest Florida in Lee and Collier counties. As to the Burmese python, the usually mild-mannered, ...

Snake lungworm disease, which infects at least 19 snake species, is poised to spread throughout the southeastern U.S.

For 188 years, the king cobra has been represented by a single species, Ophiophagus hannah. But this widely distributed ...

Florida’s abortion-rights ballot initiative fell short of passing on Tuesday, leaving in place a six-week abortion ban that has helped restrict access across almost all of the Southern U.S. The ...

More than 60% of Florida’s registered voters have already cast ballots whether by mail or voting early, but there are still more than 5.6 million eligible voters that could turn out on Tuesday.

More than 1.1 million Democrats — 1,182,944 — opted to vote by mail, compared to 989,822 Republicans, according to the Florida Division of Elections. But more Republicans came out to vote ...