The Everglades story is not a neat predator showdown. It is a long-running invasive-species problem playing out across a massive wetland where detection is hard, reproduction is high, and ecological ...

It was gator vs. python on a Florida golf course recently. The gator was victorious, though the creature sat still for hours — with the python's head in its jaws — as golfers took photos of the ...

The team, half of whom are women, captures alligators for health checks and tracks invasive Burmese pythons. Researchers use technology like radio telemetry, drones, and thermal cameras to manage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida conducted an environmental study of the Alligator Alcatraz site months ago that largely determined there weren't ...

With all of the attention on iguanas, pythons and bears lately, we thought this would be a good time to remind you that Florida's most famous animal, the alligator, is alive and well. One question we ...

An estimated 1.3 million alligators can be found in all 67 of Florida's counties. In April, males start looking for females.

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...