Florida's annual python hunt in the Everglades will run Aug. 9-18, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez announced Thursday morning at a ...

Civil engineering student by day and python hunter by night, Ziegler is contracted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to remove Burmese pythons from the Everglades.

Invasive pythons have taken a sharp toll on native species in Everglades National Park Invasive ... an assistant professor in the department of fish and wildlife conservation at Virginia Tech ...

"We haven't seen them eat fish or turtles ... he's seen an alarming decrease in native species. "Growing up here, I witnessed the Everglades full of wildlife, just absolutely teaming with every ...

Some Floridians believe it's their calling to hunt invasive species. "Get the community ... it into Florida's waterways and the Everglades. The FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute points ...