Python Challenge Returns To South Florida In 2016
South Florida's Burmese Python hunt will return after all.
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South Florida's Burmese Python hunt will return after all.
A giant python captured at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park may be the second largest python ever caught in the State of Florida.
The hunt for an elusive python is on in west Miami-Dade County, where wildlife experts said they are racing against the clock to find the Northern African python before it invades the Everglades.
A slither-y surprise at a South Florida construction site.
Police were called to find the 12-foot-long, 120 pound Burmese python in a bush next to a dead cat.
A member of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Venom Response Team will be featured on the cover of Time Magazine.
South Florida's Burmese python population explosion may be a bit harder to deal with than originally thought.
A giant python found and killed Tuesday is now the second largest python ever caught in the State of Florida.
A giant python that was found and killed Tuesday may be the largest python ever caught in the state of Florida.
South Florida is already dealing with a Burmese python invasion in the Everglades and now state biologists are concerned that the aggressive rock python might be the latest invasive species to become established in the Everglades and elsewhere in South Florida.
It looks like there won't be a repeat of the Python Challenge next year. Last January, approximately 1,600 people took part in the hunt for Burmese pythons in the Everglades.
What would you do if you came across the longest Burmese python ever recorded in the state of Florida? A Miami man had to answer that question recently and he decided to catch and kill it.
It took an extra day, but there's a new winning snake in the state's 2013 "Python Challenge."
Creepy, Crawly, slithering things that don't belong in South Florida are all around us. As CBS4 Special Contributor Ron Magill of Zoo Miami discovered... there are toads, rats, birds, Crocodiles and Iguanas that are "Invaders Among Us."
With less than a week to go in the month long "Python Challenge," more than 1,500 hunters have bagged 50 Burmese pythons in the Everglades.
More than three dozen pythons have been killed so far as hunters reach the halfway mark of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission's "Python Challenge".
Over 1,000 people put their name to paper to hunt Burmese pythons in the Everglades, but few have managed to capture or kill the invasive snakes.
The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida is being studied by the University of Florida after being found in Everglades National Park.
The growing population of large, slithering Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades, many of them pets that escaped or were abandoned, appears to be eating its way through many animals native to the sensitive wetlands, according to a new study.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday during a trip to the Everglades a new ban that will make it illegal to import Burmese pythons and three other non-native constrictor snakes.
A 16-foot long python was captured and killed in the Florida Everglades, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Anyone who has traveled through the Everglades knows that large snakes like the Burmese Python are putting the ecosystem at risk. But an attempt to control the python population is running into the same old partisan gridlock everything else in Washington is hitting.
A central Florida woman and her boyfriend have been convicted in the death of the woman's toddler, who was strangled in her crib by a pet python.
Despite record breaking winter cold snaps and drought, the Burmese python population appears to be prospering in the Everglades.
Residents in Broward and Miami-Dade are cleaning up after afternoon storms flooded streets in Hollywood and scattered tree debris across Miami Gardens neighborhoods.
Miami-Dade officials take action against a car repair shop after residents' complaints, prompted by CBS News Miami coverage.
The Florida Department of Education is developing rules to adopt enrollment requirements that bar undocumented students from attending CTE programs.
The Justice Department argued that the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters had until Jan. 6, 2023, to sue the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, missing the deadline to file a lawsuit by over two years.
Nearly 40 years after an 85-year-old woman was assaulted in Deerfield Beach, Broward Sheriff's Office detectives have linked Gregory Rollison to the crime using advanced DNA technology.
Residents in Broward and Miami-Dade are cleaning up after afternoon storms flooded streets in Hollywood and scattered tree debris across Miami Gardens neighborhoods.
Some of the key Florida races this year include the race for governor and U.S. senator.
Miami-Dade officials take action against a car repair shop after residents' complaints, prompted by CBS News Miami coverage.
The Florida Department of Education is developing rules to adopt enrollment requirements that bar undocumented students from attending CTE programs.
The Justice Department argued that the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters had until Jan. 6, 2023, to sue the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, missing the deadline to file a lawsuit by over two years.
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.
The Justice Department argued that the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters had until Jan. 6, 2023, to sue the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, missing the deadline to file a lawsuit by over two years.
Some of the key Florida races this year include the race for governor and U.S. senator.
Rising premiums forced many people in Affordable Care Act plans to give up their coverage. But the Trump administration claims a huge drop in enrollment is almost entirely due to its fraud crackdown.
The order came after Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn threatened to block Blanche's confirmation for Attorney General if the fund was not rescinded in writing.
Detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement set a monthly record high for the second Trump administration in July, internal agency data obtained by CBS News shows, as ICE widened its crackdown.
On Sunday, Collins spoke about the ruling on this week in South Florida and explained why he believes he is trailing the Republican frontrunner, Byron Donalds.
Months after leaving TV news, Rodriguez is competing against former prosecutor Robin Peguero for the CD-27 nomination.
As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Two Michigan residents who had "significant underlying health conditions" have died after contracting cyclosporiasis, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
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.
Ariana Grande had been due to star alongside her "Wicked" co-star Jonathan Bailey in a production of "Sunday in the Park with George" in 2027.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.