Everglades (Fla)
To Catch a Snake: Largest Python Found in Everglades Signals a Threat
The state is seeking to improve detection of pythons in the wild, because they are skilled at camouflaging and settling in remote areas, Ms. Spencer said. “We need to try multiple methods, multiple ways to try to control these animals,” she said. Burmese pythons were introduced to the Everglades in the 1980s by the exotic […]
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Six Days Afloat in the Everglades
From a distance, the mouth of the creek was indistinguishable from the thick tangle of mangroves that concealed it — as if the narrow waterway were only willing to reveal itself to those who knew to look. We approached attentively, unhurriedly, scanning the banks for alligators and wading birds. Twenty feet in front of us, […]
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