"It's such a heavy word, but I do think that within the next couple of decades that they would be extinct." ...

Within the next couple of decades, the Key Largo woodrat could go extinct if the Burmese python population continues as is, a researcher said.

The study confirms hurricanes as potential python dispersal catalysts and highlights invasive predators' disproportionate impact on endemic ecosystem engineers like woodrats. It underscores the urgent ...