Iguanaland is America’s largest reptile zoo, and it is not your average animal encounter. Picture this: dozens of iguanas basking in the Florida heat, rare liza ...
There are more than 40 species of snakes that are native to Florida, but only six of them are venomous. Snakes are most active in the spring and early summer months, when the weather warms up and they ...
Florida's python contractors are making decent money chasing snakes in the Everglades, but you shouldn't quit your day job ...
Florida’s Everglades is in crisis as the invasive Burmese python emerges as a new apex predator. These large constrictors ...
The veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) is native to the Arabian Peninsula. It has a large head casque and reaches lengths of 12 to 24 inches. Adult males are bright green with bold bands of ...
Florida is home to 46 native snake species, four invasive species, and six venomous snake categories. The Everglades are known for the invasive Burmese python, which can grow over 15 feet long and ...
In the swampy outskirts of Gainesville, the iconic alligator may steal the show among the reptilian ecosystem. But on Southwest Archer Road, Florida Man Reptiles showcases its very own population of ...
The Naples-based nonprofit has been at it since 2013, but its numbers only begin to tell the story. As Ian Bartoszek, the wildlife biologist who oversees the nonprofit's python program, is ...
This snake species is not native to the region but is becoming increasingly common due to human activities, including the ...
Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.
Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes in Florida.