Hundreds of farmers in Homa Bay are set to benefit after the Lake Basin Development Authority transformed the long-idle Ondago Swamp into a productive rice farming project.

The Florida Python Challenge begins July 10 and gives participants the opportunity to remove invasive Burmese pythons from ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has approved the purchase of approximately 2,900 acres of land from The ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

Looking for a new true crime series packed with high-stakes rescues, danger wildlife and intense police pursuits? A&E’s “Swamp Patrol” premieres Wednesday, June 17 at 10 p.m. The new docuseries takes ...

Invasive Asian swamp eels are well-suited to South Florida's wetlands and waterways. The eels were recently linked to the devastation of amphibian populations in Florida. "Anyone who spots an eel-like ...

The invasive Asian swamp eel was patient in its ambush. It lay in wait, innocuous for 15 years, an air-breathing environmental timebomb, a brooding mucus covered virus in the freshwater veins of ...

A new documentary called "The Python Hunt" follows amateur snake hunters during the annual Florida Python Challenge. The film, shot in the Everglades, won a Special Jury Prize at the South by ...

FOLKSTON, Ga.—The world’s smallest heron hops from blade to blade in a patch of tall grass, testing its footing above the dark water as it searches for an evening meal. “This was already worth the ...

He parked his camper deep in the Florida Everglades with one goal: hunt giant pythons completely alone. Within minutes, he spotted an alligator beside the campsite and realized his dog couldn’t leave ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — You might expect to spy snakes, frogs and perhaps a family of otters along the Swamp Walk at Gatorland. But now you’re also likely to bump into fast facts and history lessons. “I feel ...