The bad news: Florida is overrun by 15-foot snakes. The good news: the state has a small army of python hunters on the job—and they’re using some techy new solutions to tackle their quarry.  The python problem started decades ago with a handful of irresponsible pet owners. People started releasing their Burmese pythons into Florida’s [...]

Everglades has developed a free boater education course to orient and educate boaters to the unique features of the park’s marine waters. Our overall goal is to protect marine resources while providing world-class recreational opportunities. In the park’s 2015 General Management Plan, park stakeholders and managers identified boater education as a key strategy. Substantial funding [...]

Watch as this Python Hunter successfully captures a massive snake in the Everglades. Although Pythons are native to Southeast Asia, no one knows the exact origin of how Burmese pythons came to Florida. According to WikiPedia, although Burmese pythons were first sighted in Everglades National Park in the 1980s, they were not officially recognized as a reproducing [...]