Native scavengers may be exploiting Burmese python nests to their benefit but it's unclear how often it is happening.

Registration is open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition that offers participants a shot at $25,000 in prizes for removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants can win a share of $25,000 in prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

“I feel like it did,” Erdrich says with amusement, acknowledging the blurred line between her life and imagination. She’s talking about “Python’s Kiss,” a short story that is also the title of her new ...

Padre Island National Seashore is reducing volunteer patrols for the upcoming Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season. Volunteers and community members have expressed concern that fewer nests will be ...

He ate at this restaurant every day. When he didn’t show, the chef saved his life. Large Burmese python on video getting pulled from Florida neighborhood tree: 'It was pretty dangerous' DJ Moore and ...

Loggerhead turtles accounted for the vast majority of nests, with 5,384 recorded. A record number of sea turtle disorientations, 716 instances, were also documented this year. Experts advise beach ...

As recently as August 2024, researchers in Greece documented the non-native Chinese stripe‑necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) on the island of Lesbos during fieldwork, finding three adults co-occurring ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WWSB) - Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch (AMITW) reports only six turtle nests remain for this years turtle nesting season. AMITW said that by Oct. 14 only one nest will remain.

BEAUFORT — While there are still little sea turtles patiently waiting in their eggs for the signal to emerge from the sand and dash for the waves, the nesting season for mother turtles has drawn to a ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville University is launching a new program aimed at protecting sea turtles and their coastal habitats. The new JU Sea Turtle Program was announced on Monday, which is ...