New reptile exhibits are live at the zoo, which recently acquired a Chinese alligator and a leaf-tailed gecko named Mort, though reptiles aren’t the only new upgrades.

Some of the most destructive animals in North America arrived in shipping crates, aquarium tanks, fur farms and backyard ...

Cuddling chimpanzees, feeding baby big cats, and hanging out with animals all day. Being a zookeeper may sound like a dream ...

Somewhere between your morning coffee and your evening news, a giraffe in Halifax, Pennsylvania is waiting to eat out of your ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove invasive snakes, has concluded. Hunters competed for $25,000 in cash prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most ...

Wildlife officials believe the new python population started because of snakes that were released or escaped from captivity Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via Getty Burmese pythons have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burmese pythons (stock image). The non-venomous snake species disrupts ecosystems by preying on native animals and dominating the ...

Burmese pythons — destructive invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a new foothold outside the Everglades. A population of the pythons is "established" in South ...

Invasive Burmese pythons have established a large population in South Florida, primarily in and around the Everglades. The pythons were introduced to Florida in the 1970s and 1980s through the exotic ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Burmese pythons are now considered established in a portion of western Charlotte County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) confirmed. While pythons ...

If you're starting to feel like Florida is auditioning to the next setting for a Jurassic Park movie, you're not alone. Just when we got used to seeing those large curly-tailed lizards that arrived in ...