While attention usually focuses on the Burmese python population wreaking havoc across the Florida Everglades and slithering its way north, green anacondas and boa constrictors also have been seen ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Governor Ron DeSantis appeared in South Florida this week to tout efforts to rid the Everglades of damaging pythons. But hundreds of miles away, the state is locked in a ...

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A handful of Naples snake hunters and their 19-foot trophy Burmese python made international headlines in the past week or so as the snake is thought to be the longest Burmese python caught in the ...

Invasive pythons run rampant in the Everglades and imported iguana burrow into canal banks with abandon, but Florida is trying to keep additional exotics from gaining a foothold in the state with a ...

* For many years, Florida was my favorite state. Growing up in Michigan tundra, I couldn’t get enough of Florida’s sunshine, warmth and Walt Disney World. The Miami Dolphins were my favorite football ...

TALLAHASSEE – Owners and dealers of anacondas have launched a legal challenge after the state largely banned the snakes amid a struggle to control damaging invasive species. An administrative law ...

Reporting from Orlando, Fla. — A 12-foot green anaconda has been captured at a Florida park, where it apparently had been feasting on waterfowl for months. The giant snake, a native of the Amazon, was ...

Invasive pythons run rampant in the Everglades and imported iguana burrow into canal banks with abandon, but Florida is trying to keep additional exotics from gaining a foothold in the state with new ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Owners and dealers of anacondas have launched a legal challenge after the state largely banned the snakes amid a struggle to control damaging invasive species. An ...

WPTV is committed to Protecting Paradise. We are focused on environmental issues with a goal of helping to bring awareness to existing problems and search for workable solutions. Have a story idea?

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared in South Florida this week to tout efforts to rid the Everglades of damaging pythons. But hundreds of miles away, the state is locked in a legal battle about ...