Researchers captured 177 invasive Burmese pythons and removed more than 4,100 eggs during a single breeding season in Southwest Florida.

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants can win a share of $25,000 in prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for ...

Most animals know better than to tussle with a snake, but mongooses are not most animals. In the tense viral video shown above, a python appears to grab a single mongoose, and within seconds, a band ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Florida Python Challenge is returning this summer, giving participants a chance to win a share of $25,000 in prizes while helping protect the ...

WALKER, Mich. — Walker will not be home to the John Ball Zoo's $150 million aquarium project. That's according to Mark Janes, the vice chair on the John Ball Zoo Board and chair of the JBZ Aquarium ...

May 14 (UPI) --Police in Ohio said a report of "unwanted slithering" in a Westlake neighborhood resulted in the detention of a ball python. The Westlake Police Department said on social media that ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — John Ball Zoo said Thursday it will not pursue a proposed aquarium on the former Fenske Landfill in Walker after determining the property does not meet the project’s needs. The zoo ...

Tarriona “Tank” Ball, leader of the New Orleans-based soul/funk/rock/jazz group Tank and the Bangas, started writing poetry before singing. “I was interested in poetry when I was about 12 years old ...

New research shows Burmese pythons are more adaptable to cold than previously thought, using burrows to survive freezes. Ecologists warn that while python sightings in Brevard County are few, there ...