Tag: Florida Everglades
Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida challenge
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner.The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald...
A hunter’s graveyard shift: grabbing pythons in the Everglades
HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, Fla. (AP) — It's after midnight when the windshield fogs up on Thomas Aycock's F-250 pickup truck. He...
Researchers develop unexpected solution to fight invasive species wreaking havoc on Everglades: 'The females can lay hundreds of eggs at a time'
In the Florida Everglades, Burmese pythons have caused so much damage to the ecosystem that the state now pays people to hunt and...