An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

‘The Python Hunt’ takes viewers deep inside the annual Everglades tradition — and what it really means for Florida. Anne Stratton Hilt and Toby Benoit star in "The Python Hunt," a 2026 documentary ...

World Turtle Day is celebrated every May 23 to raise awareness about the threats faced by turtles and tortoises. Turtles, tortoises and terrapins, which together make up the order Testudines, have ...

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Exclusive: The 2025 SXSW hit comes to theaters in May courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories. Sometimes, all you want from a documentary is a glimpse at something you’ve never seen before. On that ...

The practice began in 1920s Western variety shows and spread to city speakeasies, but it faces increased scrutiny today—and pressure from conservation groups to make races safer for the reptiles. In ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

FLORIDA KEYS — It wasn’t an easy road back to water for the 322-pound loggerhead named Lenny. The turtle was spotted injured, struggling to swim near Alligator Reef off the coast of Islamorada in the ...

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Sometimes, the stars align, and everything comes together in a way that’s almost too beautiful for words. You have to look up to the heavens and count your blessings, which is exactly what I did when ...

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a ...