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Burmese Python Slithers to Victory in Utica Zoo's 2026 Election

A Burmese python named Spot has been named the new Prezoodent at the Utica Zoo after winning the 2026 election.
Rome Sentinel

Burmese python chosen as Utica Zoo's 'preZOOdent'

Utica Zoo’s 2026 PreZOOdential election has officially come to an end, and they are excited to announce that their fourth ever PreZOOdent is Spot, the Burmese python.

An invasive species once saved this Florida bird, but it’s disappearing

The bird species has long ridden dramatic population swings. About 3,000 snail kites lived in Florida in 2001, but a severe drought that year devastated the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee, cutting the ...
WLRN

An invasive species once saved this bird. Now its disappearance is pushing it toward decline

The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. But now, as non-native apple snails disappear, the endangered Everglades bird, the snail kite, is paying the price.