Tag: Everglades

When translocated short distances, many crocodiles waste no time returning to the areas where people perceived them as problems in the first place. “Pretty much right away, [the crocodiles] were...

A team of python trackers in the Florida Everglades caught the largest Burmese python ever found in the region. The nearly 18-foot python (Python bivittatus) weighed 215 pounds, National Geographic...

First-of-its kind footage reveals that bobcats may prey on invasive Burmese python eggs in southern Florida. While the video showed only a one-off confirmed case, the discovery reveals that some...

A high density of Burmese pythons limits the number of bobcats likely to appear on tree islands—patches of high, dry ground that serve as refuge for terrestrial diversity—in the Florida...

The Everglades are home to North America’s only population of crocodiles, but the increased saltiness of the water in some areas has slowed their growth and negatively affected their body...

Endangered snail kites depend on a good balance of water levels in the aquatic ecosystem of southern Florida. Too much water or extremely dry conditions might give different predators easy...

Marsh rice rats may be good indicators of a properly restored wetland ecosystem in the Florida Everglades. The rats’ presence can tell land managers whether water management plans are working...

Contractors in Florida have caught a record number of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades. Less than a year after two state agencies decided to combine forces and remove invasive...

While contracted python hunters in Florida’s Everglades are attempting to eliminate the invasive species that’s devastating the natural ecosystem, they aren’t easy to see with the naked eye. But video...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to double resources to remove Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) from in and around the Everglades. The governor says contracted hunters will be used to...