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…
A newly leaked clip from Florida’s swamps is igniting alarm, showing a scene so disturbing that local officials are scrambling to respond. The footage, reportedly captured by an anonymous hiker, reveals an aftermath in the remote wetlands that appears far more sinister than routine wildlife activity.
The population of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades has dropped dramatically in recent years, but the species has already caused lasting damage to native wildlife. Researchers studying the region have documented a severe decline in local mammal populations, and they have identified a parasite carried by the pythons that is now spreading through native snake species on its own.Trail cameras…