Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

Florida biologists are fitting opossums with tracking collars to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons threatening ...

Florida researchers are deploying opossums fitted with tracking collars to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons threatening native wildlife. The method, developed after discovering python-eaten ...

Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, ...

According to CBS News 12 and the Sun Sentinel, research biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove from the Crocodile Lake ...

Alligator mating season in Florida begins in April and runs through early September. Residents should be aware of their surroundings and keep pets away from bodies of water. Florida is home to an ...

Red-necked keelback snakes are highly toxic—mere drops of their pungent yellow poison could blind a mongoose and stop its heart within minutes. But the snakes don’t make that toxin themselves; rather, ...

Can you describe your career path to your current job and some of your responsibilities in this position? After completing the Molecular Cell Biology (MCB) PhD program at Brandeis University, I joined ...

Burmese pythons have pretty irregular eating habits. One of these giant reptiles can swallow an entire antelope whole and then go up to a year and a half without additional meals. Now, scientists have ...

Watch West Palm's 'Eris and the Golden Apple' mural come to life ...

Often treated as throwaway pets, hermit crabs can live 50 years. Mary Akers, a self-taught expert, wants people to appreciate them as much as she does. Credit... Supported by By Katie L. Burke and ...

The researchers primarily studied California two-spot octopuses. Jerry Kirkhart via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 Octopus sex seems like a very dignified affair. A male octopus hands his sperm to ...