The NFL docuseries “Hard Knocks” goes behind-the-scenes of the NFL’s pre-season. This year it also goes behind-the-scenes of ...

AJ Epenesa hunting for snakes in the Everglades was one of the highlights in the first episode of Hard Knocks Tuesday night.

Aaron Mann captured 87 pythons in July as a part of the South Florida Water Management District’s python program. The South ...

Invasive Burmese pythons are a major ecological threat to the Everglades, decimating native animal populations. Researchers are testing robot bunnies equipped with heat and movement to lure pythons ...

Florida began hunting pythons in earnest in about 2012, but by then the population of medium-sized furry animals in Everglades National Park, such as raccoons and rabbits, had seen a decline of 85 ...

The robot rabbits are remote-controlled, solar-powered and even have cameras which can look out for signs of movement that would show if a python is close by.

The Florida Python Challenge is held annually to raise awareness of Burmese pythons, an invasive snake, and the damage it has inflicted on the Everglades.

Lord spends his time living between the Florida Keys and Arkansas studying Burmese pythons. The work required Lord to haul live pythons in his Subaru for 21 hours up to the lab in Arkansas — after ...