Burmese python can be high in mercury but a snack won't kill you

Trained chef Valerie Claunch has prepared Burmese python three ways including in a curry and with mojo seasoning.

Florida pythons are edible. There's just one big problem

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...
IFLScience

Python Bowl: Competition To Catch And Kill Invasive Snakes Returns To Florida’s Everglades

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten ...
The News-Press

Health department warns of algae bloom in north Cape Coral canal

Health officials in Lee County are warning of a toxic cyanobacteria bloom in Cape Coral's Gator Slough canal. Residents are advised to avoid all contact with the water, including swimming, wading, or ...
WUTC

Snake hunters from across the U.S. are in Florida's Everglades to catch pythons

The annual Florida Python Challenge is on. More than 600 snake hunters - amateurs and professionals - are scattered across the Everglades, on a mission to capture as many Burmese pythons as they can ...
thecooldown

Diving teams win thousands after removing record-breaking number of highly invasive lionfish: 'We are very thankful'

Scuba divers at the 2023 Florida Keys Lionfish Derby & Festival caught 1,898 lionfish, breaking the previous records for Florida Keys derbies by more than 500. The derby, held in Islamorada by the ...