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A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. - Along with the venomous lionfish, the Burmese python is perhaps the least welcome invasive species in Florida: lacking any natural predators, it has happily chomped its way through the state's wildlife. Native to Southeast Asia, the Burmese pythons have become a plague in Florida. (Photo by RHONA WISE / AFP) (Photo by RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images)

Florida readies to battle invasive pythons with a new video PSA

a parrot with an orange beak, red eye, and blue, yellow, green, and orange feathers

Colorful songbirds face higher risk of extinction

By Laura Baisas

several beetle and butterfly species on a blue background

New estimate: Earth has 14 to 20 million insect species

By Laura Baisas

a baby clouded leopard cub laying with its mother. the leopards have grey-ish and goledn fur with black spots

New clouded leopard cub is the size of a loaf of bread

By Sara Hashemi

Close up of python draped over man's shoulder in the Everglades

8,000 pounds of invasive Burmese python removed from the Florida Everglades

Global map showing density distribution of fungi networks

621 trillion miles of fungi networks crisscross the planet

two bald eagles standing in a nest above a lake looking straight at a camera

Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow need $10 million

By Laura Baisas

a river system with orange colored water

The mystery of Alaska’s orange rivers is finally solved

By Laura Baisas

a rainbow over a hot spring

10 must-know tips for visiting Yellowstone National Park

By Laura Baisas

Burmese Python in the Everglades

Ready to hunt some enormous snakes? The Florida Python Challenge returns.

a superbloom of tall purple wildflowers called lupine with mountains in the distance

Superbloom turns Redwood National Park’s hills purple

By Laura Baisas

Photo of the Pope Leo moth with dark orange wings broken up by white bands

New moth species named for Pope Leo

a brown bear eating a piece of salmon in a river

Fat Bear Week champion Chunk spotted taking a stroll in Alaska

By Laura Baisas

a chicken with brown and white stripes and large orange sacks on the sides of its head

A rare prairie chicken shakes his butt all day to attract ladies

By Laura Baisas

A large Virginia opossum bedded down in leaves and showing its teeth

Scientists sacrifice delicious opossums to fight Florida’s invasive pythons

Sage-Grouse robot installed in ground at Grand Teton National Park

Robot birds deployed in Grand Teton National Park for sexy time

A serene Tennessee River flows beneath the Walnut Street Bridge during a picturesque sunrise, with lush green trees lining its banks. Houses are perched on a hill to the left, overlooking the tranquil waters. Walnut Street Bridge Chattanooga, TN Photo taken on May 12, 2024

Chattanooga is the United States’ first National Park City

By Alisha McDarris

several birds flying overhead while a bird sits on its nest with a chick

11 wild photos show the Amazon River in its glory

By Popular Science Team

yellow flowers blooming near hills

Best superbloom since 2016 fills Death Valley with wildflowers

By Laura Baisas

a monkey standing up on two legs in a forest

9 rare animals caught on camera in the ‘Amazon of Asia’

By Popular Science Team