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Police were called after a large boa constrictor appeared in a Palm Beach County neighborhood. Experts think it was an escaped pet.

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...

Mythic beings? Severe weather events? Apex predators? The Athletic asked zoologists, meteorologists who wins the "mascot fight" bracket.

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Nile monitors are olive-green or black with yellow striping on their head and jaw. They have razor-sharp claws, a long split ...

A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.

The Vienna Inn is the kind of place where politicians, plumbers, and everyone in between squeeze onto barstools and bond over what might be the best chili dog you’ve ever wrapped your hands around.