In the fall of 2019, Dr. Melissa Faroh, a herpetologist, was performing a necropsy on a dead eastern indigo snake recovered from a wildlife corridor in Kier County, Florida. Inside its lungs, she
In the fall of 2019, Dr. Melissa Faroh, a herpetologist, was performing a necropsy on a dead eastern indigo snake recovered from a wildlife corridor in Kier County, Florida. Inside its lungs, she found dozens of small, segmented worm-like parasites. Faroh had conducted hundreds of these procedures and recognized a parasitic infection, but she did not recognize the parasite itself. It was not a spe…
New Footage from Florida’s swamps reveals an aftermath no one expected. Investigators returned to the murky wetlands following a disturbing discovery, hoping for answers.
Wildlife officials in northern Florida have released eastern indigo snakes into a restored natural area, part of a broader effort to address the invasive python population in the state’s southern wetlands. The program recently reached a notable milestone when cameras recorded hatchling snakes born in the wild, the first documented wild reproduction of the species in the region in decades.The easte…