Tag: Everglades

September 4, 2018

Is a more harmful python emerging in the Everglades?

Biologists studying invasive pythons in the Florida Everglades came across a disturbing finding. While most of the snakes they studied showed genetics of Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus), as expected, 13...

January 31, 2017

Irula snake trackers work to remove pythons from Everglades

Masi Sadaiyan and Vadivel Gopal have partnered with the University of Florida to catch invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in the Florida Everglades. The two men are from Southern India’s...

July 29, 2016

USFWS releases biological opinion for Everglades conservation

On July 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a biological opinion intended to improve habitat restoration and species conservation in Everglades National Park. In particular, the opinion focuses...

March 30, 2016

Everglades birds may use gator muscle for nest protection

Water birds in the Everglades may be sacrificing the safety of some of their chicks to alligators for the greater good of gaining protection from raccoons or opossums. “They’re both...