In 2000, the city's count of peacocks was 134, which city officials have determined is the figure to target. In 2014, before the trapping program began, the birds' population hit a peak at 276.

Since its inception, workers there have removed more than 11,500 feet of Burmese python, which is about 2 miles. The average snake caught has measured 12.6 feet in length, and the program has ...

We removed over 1,500 pythons, big pythons, weighing over 42,000 pounds. 21 tons of snake have come from this area with two biologists and a few interns and volunteers. You can't make this up.

Based in Naples, the program includes biologists, interns and volunteers who use radio telemetry to track male "scout" snakes, which basically go out and find breeding-sized females. Since its ...

A conservation group in South Florida that’s working to reign in the state’s Burmese python problem announced a new milestone in those efforts Monday. After more than a decade of intensive efforts, ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's python removal program has eliminated over 20 tons of Burmese pythons since 2013. Researchers use surgically implanted radio transmitters in male "scout ...