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Florida's Burmese pythons: Will they make a meal out of (gulp) us?
Opinion L.A.A snake that's willing to make a meal out of an alligator probably wouldn't be shy about latching onto Junior, now would it?... -
‘Jeopardy!’: Everglades are a big help to Winter Springs player
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelTerrill, 21, is a double major in chemistry and philosophy. He will graduate in the spring and has a job lined up to teach math in Nashville. During the show, he revealed that he had broken four cell phones in the past year. "One fell in a puddle in... -
Biden to visit Everglades on Monday
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden plans to visit Everglades National Park on Monday to talk about the Obama administration’s support for restoration. You can expect more such visits from... -
Columbia's nature center is a front door to suburban landscape
Where do bats live? What do spiders eat? How old is the forest?
The answers to those and many other questions can be found at the James and Anne Robinson Nature Center, a $17.6 million educational facility that opened this month in Columbia.
With two...Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Biology, Chesapeake Bay, Nature, Howard County
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Meeting tonight on power lines proposed on edge of Everglades National Park
Environmentalists hope for a big crowd today at a hearing at Florida International University on a proposal for a set of power lines along the eastern border of Everglades National Park.
Florida Power & Light Co. wants to construct three sets of lines to...Tags: Florida International University, National Parks, Crime, Law and Justice, Tourism and Leisure, Everglades
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Everglades National Park seeks volunteers to remove old tires
Everglades National Park is seeking volunteers this weekend to help clean up old tires dumped at the park’s northeastern Chekika area.
The tires, discarded there illegally, will be loaded onto trailers to be hauled away. Volunteers are asked to...Tags: Gardens and Parks, National Parks, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Adult deer found inside python in Everglades
An adult deer was found intact inside a huge Burmese python Thursday, after the snake was captured and killed in the Everglades.
Contractors for the South Florida Water Management District encountered the python on a tree island in western Miami-Dade...Tags: Miami-Dade County, Natural Resources, Conservation, Biology, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Birds! Bugs! Gators! See national parks for free
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — To help build public support for national parks, the Interior Department on Monday announced 17 admission-free days next year for visitors to the Everglades and other parks. Federal officials want... -
15-foot python devours 76-pound deer: Is that normal?
Nation NowPython: A Burmese python killed in the Everglades was discovered with a white-tailed deer in its stomach. We talked to a snake expert to find out just how unusual this is.... -
Robert S. Chandler dies at 74; National Park Service veteran
Robert S. Chandler, who dealt with complex problems as superintendent of many of the country's largest national parks and took the lead in implementing the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in the late 1970s and early '80s, has died. He...Tags: Washington, DC, National Parks, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), San Francisco, Los Angeles
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Cooler temperatures make this the perfect season for South Florida parks
MIAMI — The heart of winter in South Florida may be the best season to explore the three national parks that surround the region: Everglades, Biscayne and the Big Cypress National Preserve. Cool breezes, the absence of insects and lack of...Tags: Natural Resources, National Parks, Wildlife, Canoeing and Kayaking, Tourism and Leisure
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U.S. agency moves to ban importation of pythons
Hoping to halt a slithering invasion of giant exotic snakes, federal officials said Wednesday that they want to ban all imports of Burmese pythons, the adaptable constrictor that is threatening the Everglades' balance of species. Eight other types of...Tags: Bill Nelson, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Nature, Florida, Everglades
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