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 ...

Wildlife biologists and trappers in Florida say Nile monitors are an up-and-coming invasive species that threatens native ...

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.

This is the heartwarming moment a group of fishermen rescued a python that was stranded in the open sea. Boat captain Thanakorn Manyuen, 29, and his colleagues spotted the 13ft (4m) reticulated python ...

The St. Johns River, the longest river in Florida, was named the most alligator-infested river in the state, according to A-Z ...

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

As expected, green iguanas living in Southwest Florida froze and fell to the ground in many places early Sunday morning (Feb. 1). Temperatures plummeted into the low 30's as far south as Naples and ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued widespread extreme cold watches and warnings across Florida ahead of an arctic blast set to plunge temperatures in the state. Although most Floridians ...

An invasive python in South Florida. As temperatures drop, experts explain how cold weather affects reptiles — and why pythons can still survive freezes that don’t last long. MyFWC Florida Fish and ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, originally from Southeast Asia and introduced through the pet trade. The non-venomous constrictors disrupt the ecosystem by preying on native ...

A professional snake hunter had his hands full earlier this month, as he grappled with the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida. Carl Jackson, 43, was dragged 10 to 15 feet over red ...

The South Florida Water Management District held a python hunt in December with cash prizes. Kevin Pavlidis won multiple awards, including for most pythons captured and the longest python. The ...