Scientists are experimenting with robotic rabbits in hopes of luring the destructive snakes out of hiding so they can be ...

They are keeping the robots' locations quiet so that people don't tamper with them. Experts deploy robot bunnies to lure snakes taking over the Everglades: 'It could be a bit of a game changer' first ...

While snakes are common throughout South Florida, frequent sightings of venomous snakes are rare, said Coleman Sheehy, with the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Herpetology.

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons.

If an alligator poses a threat to people, pets or property, call the Nuisance Alligator Hotline at 866-FWC-GATOR ...

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is set to launch its annual campaign to remove invasive snakes from ...

A snake handler pulls an eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the most venomous in North America, from a gopher hole. An eastern diamondback recently bit an Amazon delivery driver in Palm City, Florida.

Florida’s Poison Control Centers keeps track of snake bites reported in Florida. Over 900 people have reported snake bites in the last three years. That’s almost a bite per day.

South Florida has now produced the two longest Burmese pythons on record. The previous record was 18 feet, 10 inches, and that snake was caught about 35 miles west of Miami in October 2020.

Filling Florida's niche. Relative to areas like South America's Amazon, Florida is a young area, ecologically. It only emerged from the seas several thousand years ago, while areas like the Amazon ...

The snake bit him on the hand. But not to worry, he only suffered a scratch and Eastern Rat Snakes are not venomous. The family relocated the reptile to its natural habitat, AKA not on a boat!