Chad Gillis

It's peak season for these ravenous bloodsuckers as they hatch in unfathomable numbers when higher tides come in late May and June.

Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News Ian Bartoszek may know more about Burmese pythons than anyone who has ever walked Earth.

The situation is dire from an ecological perspective. For years, hunters, hikers and others who get out in the historic Everglades have reported that the mammal population was in decline.

The waves of dust vary almost daily, and the bursts of air are relatively dry, at least compared to the extreme humidity we see here in the historic Everglades.

Ever present in the Everglades system we live in, saltwater mosquitoes are especially aggressive. They will fly up your nostrils, into your ears and, somehow, end up inside you eye lids.

But this was actually an aftershock from the Magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred in the Gulf last week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS.

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A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

Puerto Rico experienced several days of shaky ground, as much as five events in a single day, according to U.S. Geological Survey records.

Renowned for its vast array of wildlife and biodiversity, Everglades National Park is home to both the Florida alligator and the American crocodile.