Navy Pier July 4 fireworks expected to draw thousands to Chicago lakefront

Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch Fourth of July fireworks at and around Navy Pier Saturday as the city ...

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...
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Florida scientists confirm Burmese pythons can swallow full-grown deer, alligators whole

Still, scientists no longer consider complete eradication realistic.

After the catch: What some hunters do with carcass of pythons they catch

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Florida Python Challenge returns after last year’s record removal

Video from previous story: FWC announces winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA )— In just about a ...
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Researchers pulled 8,080 pounds of invasive python from one Florida county

Researchers working in Collier County, Florida, removed 8,080 pounds of Burmese pythons in a concentrated removal effort that ...
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Invasive Burmese pythons keep spreading across South Florida, swallowing native wildlife

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

Nearly extinct species coming back in wild thanks to Pittsburgh aviary

Two Guam kingfisher chicks that hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh are part of a program to help restore the bird ...