Pythons

Pythons, Kitties, and Snails, Oh My! : Invasive Species Taking Over the Everglades

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Miami, Pythons, Florida, Miami-Dade, Pets, Invasive, Burmese Pythons, Invasive Species, Birds, Conservation, South Florida, Everglades, Nonnative, Cats, Nonnative Species, Nature, Wildlife, Florida Everglades, Fwc, Sfwmd, Crocodiles, Miami News
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.

Invasive species have increased in the Everglades at an alarming rate. Pythons tend to get more headlines, but little guys like the island apple snail and Asiatic clam can cause just as much damage to the ecosystem.

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CU Researcher Cracks Unlikely Link Between Pythons And Heart Health

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Pythons, Reptile Biologists, Heart Health, Chronic High Blood Pressure, Olympic Hearts, Leslie Leinwand, Python Hearts, CU Research, Human Heart Disease, Denver News

WASHINGTON — You don't think of pythons as big-hearted toward their fellow creatures. They're better known for the bulge in their bodies after s...

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Chimps With Machetes And 4 Other Pets You Shouldn't Have (VIDEO)

newsone.com | David Moye | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Pythons, Chimps With Machetes, Animals in the News, Weird Animals, Pitbulls, Cane Corso, Video, Weird News News

With the recent rash of animal attacks that have been occurring across the country, maybe it's time to look back at some of the most dangerous animals...

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Feds: No Snakes On A Plane

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interior Department, Pythons, Interior Secretary, Constrictor Snakes, Ecosystems, Jfk, Ken Salazar, Burmese Python, New York, Wildlife, Snakes on a Plane, Everglades, New York News

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Federal officials want to keep nine kinds of constrictor snakes out of the United States, saying they belong to invasive...

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This Week In Animals: Polar Bears, Tiny Animals, Smart Llamas And More! (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baby Chimpanzees, Slidepoll, Pythons, Black Bears, Bob Barker, Green, Baby Animals, Green Living, Animals, This Week in Animals, Llamas, Anna Paquin, Cats, Anna-Paquin-Stephen-Moyer-Nsfw, Seaworld, Lemurs, Green News, Polar Bears, Glenn Beck, Slideshow, Beardsley-Zoo, Tiny-Animals, Chimpanzees, Cute Animals, This-Week-in-Animals, Green News

HuffPost Green posted some wild animal stories this week, which we hope you enjoyed. Click through our slideshow for a refresher and don't forget to v...

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Burmese Pythons Invade Florida; Threaten To Move North

AP | By ALYSIA PATTERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pythons, Florida, Snake, Weird Florida, Burmese Pythons, Green News

AIKEN, S.C. -- One by one, seven slithering Burmese pythons were dumped into a snake pit surrounded by 400 feet of reinforced fence at the Savannah Ri...

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Are You an Animal Lover?

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pythons, Animal Rights, Snakes, Animal Reproduction, Tortoises, Turtles, Animal Lover, Animal-Consciousnes, Healthy Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Can snakes and turtles feel love? I suppose I'd have to be a snake or a turtle to be sure, and therein lies the rub.

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An Ounce of Python Prevention

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exotic Species, Pythons, Florida, Burkhard Bilger, Animals, Madeleine Bordallo, Wildlife, Everglades, Politics News
Michael Markarian

There have been well-known cases of exotic species that should never have been introduced in the U.S. Whether they are the zebra mussels, the snakehead fish, or the Gambian rats that caused the 2003 monkeypox outbreak.

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Greening Hollywood: Enchanted Green Hallow's Eve

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Green Halloween, Pythons, Eco-Haunted House, Hallow's Eve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Rescue Animals, Costume Competition, Culver City Los Angeles, Recycle, Halloween Costumes, NOAA Fisheries, Star Theater, Snakes, Trick-or-Treating, Reduce, Pumpkins, Environmentalist, Re-Use, Santa Monica Bay Keeper, Eco-Funhouse, Pocahontas, Ecostation, Greening Hollywood, Green News
Paige Donner

Ecostation... has created an environmentally aware Haunted Fun House for kids and parents that offers an afternoon of trick-or-treating and learning about Earth's animal-kingdom inhabitants.

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