Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the ...

Invasive species are all over America, and it’s very likely you may have seen them in your own backyard. Some species are so ...

To improve their chances of survival, animals must learn – and that can be dangerous. A new study from the University of Würzburg shows how gradual learning under parental supervision can reduce these ...

Invasive pythons have established themselves as dominant predators in ecosystems that did not evolve alongside large ...

The St. Johns River, the longest river in Florida, was named the most alligator-infested river in the state, according to A-Z ...

A creature older than the Himalayas, central to Southeast Asian folklore and forest ecology, yet in Bangladesh it exists only as rumour, confusion, and unanswered questions ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.

It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle ...