Two Palm Beach County men were airboating in an Everglades canal on Monday when one saw a snake he recognized. The Miami Herald’s outdoor writer Susan Cocking describes their encounter. “Having completed a ‘Pythons 101’ crash course given by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission less than an hour earlier, Vasquez recognized it [...]

  Fears of a new “super snake” surfaced in Miami-Dade after a recent state-coordinated hunt encountered five African rock pythons, including a 14-footer. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, scientists fear that a proliferation of the carnivorous serpent will endanger indigenous animals and possibly even humans. “In Africa, the rock python eats everything from [...]

    As of Aug. 29, deer, hog or alligator hunters are now allowed to kill Burmese pythons on public land, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Up to 100,000 of the non-native snakes are slithering throughout the Everglades and other wetlands, devouring indigenous animals and scaring humans who are hiking, kayaking [...]