KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...

Florida researchers are using opossums fitted with tracking collars to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons threatening endangered species in Key Largo. The approach targets large breeding ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida raised more than $2 million at its latest annual gala in Naples, where more than 400 people gathered to celebrate the region's unique ecology. Called Magic Under ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's annual gala raised over $2 million for environmental programs. A stay at "Alligator Ron" Bergeron's Everglades property auctioned for $100,000. Two Burmese ...

"It takes a village to raise a child" doesn't apply merely to humans. Many species of mammals, birds, fish, and various invertebrates have evolved complex social care systems known as cooperative ...

Burmese pythons have pretty irregular eating habits. One of these giant reptiles can swallow an entire antelope whole and then go up to a year and a half without additional meals. Now, scientists have ...

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Octopus sex hinges on a peculiar anatomical trick. In lieu of a penis, the male has a special mating arm called a hectocotylus. He feels around with it inside the female’s mantle—the bulbous structure ...

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