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

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by the FWC.

Florida's cold weather may temporarily slow down invasive species but is unlikely to cause a major ecological reset. The state is home to the world's largest number of non-native reptiles and ...

A new executive order allows Florida residents to remove live, cold-stunned green iguanas from the wild without the usually required permits.

A new executive order allows Florida residents to remove live, cold-stunned green iguanas from the wild without the usually required permits. This temporary order ends Monday, Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. The FWC ...

Iguanas left virtually paralyzed by Florida’s recent unseasonable cold snap are dropping like flies from trees, leaving people to scoop them up by the armload. When temperatures plummet, the ...

Carl Jackson noticed something when he turned his truck around on Turner River Road in Big Cypress National Park. It was almost 4 p.m. on Jan. 13. He was on his way back to near where he had just ...

On a recent afternoon, Carl Jackson and his family were hunting for pythons on a dirt road about 30 miles east of Naples in Big Cypress National Preserve. Jackson said he turned his truck around to ...

A Florida python hunter recently captured a 202-pound Burmese python, one of the heaviest on record. Although not venomous, pythons have sharp, fang-like teeth that can cause painful bites. Invasive ...