As invasive Burmese pythons tighten their grip on the Everglades, decimating wildlife and devouring nearly everything in their path while slithering north to Lake Okeechobee and west toward the Gulf of Mexico, the data is clear. Despite valiant efforts, scientists are losing the fight against this massive apex predator with the insatiable appetite and no
Conservancy biologist Ian Bartoszek with a 17-foot, 163-pound female python and a new male scout snake captured in February 2023. COURTESY PHOTOS As invasive Burmese pythons tighten their grip on the Everglades, decimating wildlife and devouring nearly everything in their path while slithering north to Lake Okeechobee and west toward the Gulf of Mexico, the
Samantha Smith, a Croc Docs wildlife biologist at UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, shown locating a tracked Burmese python. UF/IFAS / COURTESY PHOTOS University of Florida wildlife scientists are scouting for Burmese pythons in the Everglades by using previously captured pythons to lure, locate and learn how the invasive species is thriving in
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