Florida snake bite season is underway. These tips could save your life.
Officials said Florida residents should be alert during early mornings and evenings when snakes are most active.
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Officials said Florida residents should be alert during early mornings and evenings when snakes are most active.
Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking the public to report sightings of the rare rainbow snake to help track and protect the declining species.
Scientists — and the public — are watching as the youngsters, called pups, slither over and between adult females on rocks.
In the dead of night, hunters go deep into the Florida Everglades, searching for the invasive Burmese pythons that are eating up mice, rabbits and other prey.
The competition kicked off Friday between hunters to capture the most and longest Burmese pythons.
The red-bellied black snake slithered onto the unicorn-themed bed in Jimboomba, Queensland, and tried to blend in with some toys — but it couldn't hide for long.
In a quiet preserve along the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River, 41 eastern indigo snakes were released Tuesday into gopher tortoise burrows.
Jerromy Brookes was bitten while trying to remove the brown snake "to keep the children safe," local media and emergency services said.
Two weeks ago, a family get-together turned into a trip to the emergency room for seven-year-old Daniella Cabrera, who was bitten by a water moccasin at a park in Deerfield Beach.
Issuing a wanted poster with a mugshot of the coiled green mamba, police warned: "The snake is very dangerous."
Mone't Robinson, 21, said she originally thought it was a bee sting
The invasive female Burmese python captured at Big Cypress National Preserve weighed 198 pounds – the second heaviest python captured to date in Florida.
In the 10-minute 911 call, the driver can be heard crying out in pain as the dispatcher speaks.
It took the handler three tries to get the coachwhip snake firmly in his grasp. He was able to wrestle the snake with one hand while capturing it all on his cellphone with the other.
Peggy Jones says the two animals battled it out with her in the crossfire. She ended up covered in blood, her forearm ripped up by the hawk's talons.
The snakes were discovered with a chameleon by customs agents at Chennai Airport.
Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board when he felt "something cold" slide across his lower back
In the video caption, Clark writes the Python is over 15-feet long.
The bizarre yet fascinating menagerie of animals detected by TSA agents in carry-on baggage at US airports carries on into 2023.
The snake decided to "wrap his mouth around his ankle" and pull him underwater. So, the boy's 76-year-old grandfather literally jumped in to save the day.
A woman hiking in the Ocala National Forest came across a rare find.
Wildlife officials have released 15 threatened native, nonvenomous eastern indigo snakes in North Florida.
It's probably not what you want to encounter when you use the bathroom first thing in the morning but a Coral Springs man got the scare of a lifetime after discovering a snake slithering around his toilet.
A Virginia woman got a horrifying surprise when a nearly three-foot long snake came slithering out of an air vent while she was driving.
Guests heading to a Miami Beach event being held on Thursday are being told to keep their phones away.
The Federal Aviation Administration has halted all flights into and out of El Paso until very late on Feb. 20 for what it calls "special security reasons."
Police say Karina Pubchara-Martinez's silver Camry hit the boy and his mother while they were trying to cross the street and then fled the scene, leaving the boy with broken bones.
Residents of a Cooper City community want to find the five young men that were seen on video running over a group of geese with ATVs over a year ago.
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on Feb. 1 and ransom notes were being investigated.
Guests heading to a Miami Beach event being held on Thursday are being told to keep their phones away.
The Federal Aviation Administration has halted all flights into and out of El Paso until very late on Feb. 20 for what it calls "special security reasons."
Police say Karina Pubchara-Martinez's silver Camry hit the boy and his mother while they were trying to cross the street and then fled the scene, leaving the boy with broken bones.
Residents of a Cooper City community want to find the five young men that were seen on video running over a group of geese with ATVs over a year ago.
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on Feb. 1 and ransom notes were being investigated.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
A federal grand jury refused to indict six Democrats who drew President Trump's ire by taping a video telling members of the military that they must reject "illegal orders," three sources told CBS News.
Democratic leaders a say White House proposal doesn't make the grade as they demand new restrictions on ICE and threaten a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.
Chappell Roan says she's left her talent agency after its CEO, Casey Wasserman, was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The leaders of three major immigration agencies defended the Trump administration's deportations in testimony before lawmakers on Tuesday.
The U.S. military struck its 39th alleged drug-carrying boat on Monday, killing two people and leaving one survivor who is now the focus of a search-and-rescue effort.
Alexander Vindman spoke to CBS Miami's Jim DeFede on Sunday's Facing South Florida now that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
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In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Chappell Roan says she's left her talent agency after its CEO, Casey Wasserman, was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Bad Bunny delivered a historic performance at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.
Reactions poured in when Bad Bunny was named Super Bowl halftime headliner, with some praising and others criticizing the choice.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.