Burmese pythons — destructive invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a new foothold outside the Everglades. A population of the pythons is "established" in South ...

As interest in sharks ramps up ahead of Discovery Channel's Shark Week, which runs from July 26 through Aug. 1, two recent studies offer new insights into how sharks are changing their behavior and ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove invasive snakes, has concluded. Hunters competed for $25,000 in cash prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most ...

If you're starting to feel like Florida is auditioning to the next setting for a Jurassic Park movie, you're not alone. Just when we got used to seeing those large curly-tailed lizards that arrived in ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge offers cash prizes to hunters for removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Pythons are ambush predators that use constriction to kill prey by cutting ...

A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons as payment for a pie. “I’m the first place in the world to accept python as currency,” Dustin ...

As far as Dusty Crum is aware, his Florida restaurant is the only pizza place in the world that accepts invasive Burmese pythons as currency. It's his way of supporting the Florida Python Challenge, ...

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