The elusive rainbow snake is a nonvenomous species, whose population has declined in recent decades, according to the ...

These snakes are considered super rare by the FWC, last spotted in February 2020. FWC spokesperson Jonathan Veach told USA ...

The rare, nonvenomous snake hasn’t been spotted since 2020, and officials are asking the public to keep an eye open for them.

Florida has spent decades attempting to address its Burmese python problem, and the state holds an annual competition that ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking the public’s assistance in documenting the super rare ...

The striking reptile, with its iridescent black or violet-blue scales, hasn't been seen in some areas of Florida since 1952 ...

A Florida man with near-unmatched gumption for slaying scaly creatures was awarded $1,000 through a new state incentive system for capturing a staggering 87 invasive pythons in just one month.

In 2020, the FWC deployed python-sniffing detector dogs to track pythons in South Florida. In 2022, University of Florida researchers put live rabbits in cages in the Everglades to lure the snakes.

But there’s mounting evidence that Everglades pythons have the ability to migrate north and west from South Florida because they’re crossbreeding, evolving and adapting to other areas of ...

The Burmese python, a non native species to Florida, was first recorded in the Sunshine State in the 1990s. Its exact population size is unclear.