1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer Hamilton Disston buys 4 million acres and begins efforts to drain the Everglades. 1906: The first dredging project began in South ...

Animated weather footage from windy.com shows wind gusts in Southern Florida at around 14 knots, or 16 mph. A red flag warning has been issued by the NWS office in Miami, alerting residents of ...

With an 80-acre scale model of the 1.6 million-acre Everglades wetland system, scientists study how to restore the flow of water that was interrupted years ago 8 Mind-Boggling Facts About the ...

Hunters search for 30-foot exotic pythons that prey on endangered species in the Everglades National Park and surrounding wetlands 8 Mind-Boggling Facts About the Octopus (03:59) What Is an Aurora?

Every year, Florida hosts the "Python Challenge." And every year, the 10-day event attracts hunters to the Everglades to help curb the invasive species. But some hunters capture the snakes year-round.

But there’s mounting evidence that Everglades pythons have the ability to migrate north and west from South Florida because they’re crossbreeding, evolving and adapting to other areas of Florida and ...

An invasive species in the Florida Everglades. Native to Africa ... can invasive Burmese python survive cold weather? Fast facts about Florida's Burmese pythons Burmese pythons caught on the ...

But there’s mounting evidence that Everglades pythons have the ability to migrate north and west from South Florida because they’re crossbreeding, evolving and adapting to other areas of ...