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Invasive Burmese pythons keep spreading across South Florida, swallowing native wildlife

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...
Real Science on MSN

This 5-meter snake is eating the Everglades - and nothing is stopping it

Burmese pythons were released into Florida through the pet trade, and now the Everglades may hold hundreds of thousands of ...

After the catch: What some hunters do with carcass of pythons they catch

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.
The State

Rabbit Food brings healthy eating to downtown Columbia. Here's what to know

A new downtown Columbia restaurant called Rabbit Food is putting a fresh spin on healthy eating. Owner Erika Rodriguez-Ellison says the concept grew from her own family’s push to change their ...
Palm Beach Post

Florida vultures caught eating invasive python eggs in rare first

Researchers observed vultures eating invasive Burmese python eggs for the first time in Florida. The only other documented predator of python eggs in Florida is the bobcat. Scientists believe the ...
USA Today

Burmese pythons huge threat to survival of this endangered rodent

Invasive Burmese pythons are threatening the survival of the endangered Key Largo woodrat. The woodrat population has been unstable since Hurricane Irma in 2017, which likely dispersed pythons. Key ...