Florida python hunters rake in cash for eliminating invasive snakes

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Padre Island National Seashore cuts some sea turtle program volunteers

Padre Island National Seashore is reducing volunteer patrols for the upcoming Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season. Volunteers and community members have expressed concern that fewer nests will be ...
AOL

The Rarest Turtle on Earth: How a Giant Vanished from a Famous River System

Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still possible for a species to dwindle, and dwindle enough so that only a few ...
AOL

The Turtle Facing Critical Endangerment and How You Can Help

As recently as August 2024, researchers in Greece documented the non-native Chinese stripe‑necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) on the island of Lesbos during fieldwork, finding three adults co-occurring ...
Tampa Bay Times

Tampa’s sea turtle hospital, pushed to the limit, fights to save a record number of rescues

Frigid seas trap turtles in deadly waters — and put Florida veterinarians on the front line of a climate emergency. Frigid seas trap turtles in deadly waters — and put Florida veterinarians on the ...
Ars Technica

Python plan to boost software security foiled by Trump admin’s anti-DEI rules

The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration, the nonprofit said in a blog post yesterday. The grant ...
Calvin College

John Ball Zoo, Calvin University partner to conserve local spotted turtle populations

They may be small now, but with help from two-legged friends at John Ball Zoo and Calvin University, baby spotted turtles are growing stronger for life in the wild. The two institutions have partnered ...
The St. Augustine Record

Adopt and name a washback hatchling from St. Augustine's at Whitney Lab

The Sea Turtle Hospital at the UF Whitney Laboratory in St. Augustine is launching its Adopt a Washback Sea Turtle program this month. The program runs Oct. 21-31. Those symbolically adopting one of ...
Nature

Python, the movie! The programming language’s origin story comes to the silver screen

In 2005, Travis Oliphant was an information scientist working on medical and biological imaging at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, when he began work on NumPy, a library that has become a ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

From catching a big bass to learning about turtles or astrophotography, there’s lots to do outdoors in Northwest Arkansas

Bella Vista Fly Tyers will hold a sale of used fishing and outdoor gear from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday at United Lutheran Church at 100 Cooper Road in Bella Vista. It is part of a general ...
Post and Courier

Sea turtle nesting season is winding down in SC. Did winter snowfall impact some sites?

BEAUFORT — While there are still little sea turtles patiently waiting in their eggs for the signal to emerge from the sand and dash for the waves, the nesting season for mother turtles has drawn to a ...
abc27

Florida State Parks Foundation Partners with Sea Turtle License Plate Grants Program for ATVs, GPS tracking units

~New resources will support nest management and robust data analysis ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL, UNITED STATES, September 5, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With the heart of sea ...