Florida’s Everglades is in crisis as the invasive Burmese python emerges as a new apex predator. These large constrictors ...
Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.
Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits ...
In Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, researchers documented a Burmese python regurgitating a deer due to a cold snap, ...
Released into the wild decades ago, Florida’s giant pythons have multiplied into an unstoppable force, devouring native wildlife and collapsing fragile ecosystems.
They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...
The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...
Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes in Florida.
The state of Florida has a bounty out on invasive pythons, luring amateur snake killers into the Everglades for a month-long hunt. Hilarious, right? Not to those who say it encourages cruelty and does ...
Also, the annual Florida Python Challenge has gained legendary status ... “Working in the Everglades for 10 years, you get tired of documenting the problem. You want to address it.” McCleery said ...