Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten days before Christmas, a distraught South Florida homeowner called Michael Ronquillo about a snake in her neighbor’s yard.

Experts believe the snakes may be dispersing from the Everglades as their population grows, using connected waterways as highways. While not considered an overwhelming threat to humans, pythons can ...

Engineers gouged thousands of miles of canals into South Florida’s soggy landscape to drain the Everglades for development and protect from floods. Decades later, the watery lacing that runs through ...