10-day 2022 Florida Python Challenge kicks off Friday
Competition begins Friday to eliminate large invasive snakes that threaten native wildlife in Florida's Everglades.
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Competition begins Friday to eliminate large invasive snakes that threaten native wildlife in Florida's Everglades.
Two nests with nearly 100 eggs were found, most had hatched
A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest female Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said.
Rare video shows a hungry Florida bobcat raiding the unguarded nest of an invasive Burmese python for eggs and a battle that followed in the thick of Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades.
A woman who gave up her lucrative real estate job to become a hunter of the state's monster pythons says it's a way to give back to the community.
It may not have set a new record, but a giant Burmese python found slithering outside of a Coral Gables home shook up residents just the same.
Forget horsepower - a car owner found a different kind of beast when he looked under the hood.
It's official. An invasive Burmese python captured in the Everglades over the weekend has broken the state record measuring 18.9 feet long. The previous record was 18.8 feet long.
Five-thousand invasive Burmese pythons have been captured and removed from the Florida Everglades, which marks a milestone since the state started paying hunters to track them down in 2017.
Florida's annual Python Challenge got underway Friday.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Thursday the opening of registration for the 2020 Python Challenge, where participants will compete for the biggest, most Burmese pythons caught.
A group of Kendall residents is breathing a sigh of relief after a 9-foot Burmese python was captured and killed after it had been seen slithering around their neighborhood for days.
Florida's Fish and Wildlife is offering to pay you hundreds, even thousands of dollars if you are willing to do it.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Python Action Team has broken two of its records in its hunt for invasive Burmese pythons.
Another one of South Florida's most aggressive invasive species is making headlines after being discovered swimming in Biscayne Bay.
A picture is worth a thousand words. That old saying is very true when it comes to a photo posted on the Facebook page of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which shows an invasive Burmese python constricting a white pelican.
The South Florida Water Management District is expanding the program that has already eliminated more than 2,500 invasive pythons from Florida's Everglades at the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Python Action Team got a two-for-one earlier this week.
Another giant Burmese python has been captured in the Florida Everglades.
Pythons have been terrorizing South Florida for several years, but Gov. Ron DeSantis' announcement on Wednesday could help crack down on the invasive species.
A near record breaking Burmese Python has been eliminated in the Florida Everglades. The invasive snake was 16-feet long and weighed 165 pounds.
A Burmese python, captured in the Florida Everglades sets a new record for the largest python ever removed from Big Cypress National Preserve.
The battle against the invasive Burmese python in Florida's Everglades, reached a major milestone this week when the 2,000th python was captured by a Martin County man.
A massive snake was captured in South Florida earlier this week.
For the first time in its 70-year history, Everglades National Park is opening its border to paid hunters going after invasive Burmese pythons.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has made a large property tax cut ballot measure central to his message in his last year in office, and on Wednesday, he signed two bills in line with that priority.
E15 is usually only available part of the year to help ease high gas prices under a waiver from the EPA.
France Pierron described childbirth as "a disgusting moment, excuse me, where the dad is useless" during a TV appearance.
According to the Miami Gardens Police Department, Warren Masai Pollock, 25, was arrested in the 2019 shooting death of 17-year-old Rodney Hinds Jr.
Thousands are expected to attend the match at Miami Stadium and at Miami's Bayfront Park at the FIFA Fan Fest.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has made a large property tax cut ballot measure central to his message in his last year in office, and on Wednesday, he signed two bills in line with that priority.
E15 is usually only available part of the year to help ease high gas prices under a waiver from the EPA.
Family members, survivors and community leaders gathered in Surfside to remember the 98 people killed in the Champlain Towers South collapse.
France Pierron described childbirth as "a disgusting moment, excuse me, where the dad is useless" during a TV appearance.
According to the Miami Gardens Police Department, Warren Masai Pollock, 25, was arrested in the 2019 shooting death of 17-year-old Rodney Hinds Jr.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
E15 is usually only available part of the year to help ease high gas prices under a waiver from the EPA.
President Trump canceled a planned signing ceremony on Wednesday for a housing affordability bill that passed Congress by wide bipartisan margins.
Soldiers say the Army disregarded warnings about thin defenses and ignored requests for medical supplies. Now they question whether the Army is being transparent about their injuries.
Leading Latino political strategists are examining the races where Latinos could play an outsize role in the midterm elections, and believe their votes will be critical in a number of House races.
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts in the Northern District of California ruled in a 71-page opinion Tuesday that multiple Trump administration policies were arbitrary and violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
More than two decades after voters were promised a new facility to treat people with mental illnesses, rather than warehousing them in the county jail, the Miami-Dade County Commission gave final approval on Tuesday to open the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.
There are seven Democrats in the race and whoever wins the primary in August will almost certainly be elected to Congress, since this is the most Democratic district in the state.
Democratic CFO candidate Annette Taddeo says she is running to strengthen oversight of Florida's insurance industry and better protect homeowners.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert says his record of delivering results sets him apart in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Frederica Wilson.
Florida House Speaker Danny Perez denied claims his nomination as U.S. ambassador to Brazil was tied to Florida's recent redistricting effort.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
U.S. government plans to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola on an air base in Kenya have been temporarily halted by a court order.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Many people are spending more time on screens, but also doing more physical activities, a new CBS News poll finds.