A staff member at a Windsor, Ont., sewage plant had an unexpected surprise recently when he found a ball python in a collection bin. The snake was first spotted on the Little River Pollution Control ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A viral video from the Everglades is putting new focus on a disturbing part of Florida's python problem.

A request to change a municipal bylaw and allow local breeding and keeping of ball pythons as pets was denied during Monday’s town council meeting. The discussion was first prompted during the April ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants can win a share of $25,000 in prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for ...

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...

We are right in the middle of Burmese python nesting season in South Florida, and one recent discovery is highlighting just how adaptable this invasive species has become. A python was found hiding ...

Density estimates of two endangered rodent subspecies, endemic to Key Largo, Florida, USA. These findings illustrate the contrasting dynamics of two native species associated with the prevalence of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A record-breaking result from Florida's annual python hunt is drawing attention — but for a sobering reason.

Burmese pythons, considered to be "prohibited" invasive predators in Florida, are negatively impact native wildlife Four tons of Burmese pythons were removed from a 200-square-mile area in Collier ...