A python-sniffing dog in Florida has been appointed to help the state avoid ruff situations with snakes. The new initiative was recently introduced by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten days before Christmas, a distraught South Florida homeowner called Michael Ronquillo about a snake in her neighbor’s yard.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...

Experts believe the snakes may be dispersing from the Everglades as their population grows, using connected waterways as highways. While not considered an overwhelming threat to humans, pythons can ...