Scientists have developed a DNA-based test that can detect the eastern pine snake from soil, offering a way to find evidence ...

The goal is to develop tools, like a smartphone app, to help python hunters be more efficient in the field. A quantitative ecologist is bringing machine learning to Florida’s battle against the ...

As more colleges shut down, communities are looking to convert their campuses into housing. Zoning, costs and neighborhood opposition can make that harder than it sounds.

IntroductionI simply love snakes that are thick and large. A thick, heavy-looking physique. A short but imposing body. Every ...

Snakes can elicit a wide range of human responses, including fear, disgust, awe and admiration. Past studies suggest that ...

Snakes are predators and thus act as essential, natural pest control in a healthy garden ecosystem. "When snakes go dormant in the winter, rodent populations (like mice, voles, and gophers) and ...

As Florida Museum detailed, marine herpetologist Joseph Pfaller was just beginning his doctoral work in 2012 at the University of Florida. He joined an expedition led by University of Florida ...

Like all other snakes, sea snakes shed their skin as they grow. But because they live near the surface of the open ocean, they don't have the benefit of removing their old skin by slithering against a ...

WSFA 12 News at Noon and First at 4. A graduate of Auburn University, Sally joined WSFA 12's production department after ...

A female 8-foot python named Nanner has become an unlikely suspect in a central Virginia middle school fire, with officials saying the snake helped start the blaze and her owner arguing that Nanner ...

Depending on your feelings about snakes, coming across one of its recently shed skins can either be creepy or fascinating. Confirming the kind of snake from the shed skin in your yard may be ...