News tagged with everglades national park

Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals

A burgeoning population of huge pythons - many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big - appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 8

Scientists find that non-native snakes are taking a toll on native birds

The Everglades National Park in Florida is home to hundreds of species of native wildlife. It has also become the well-established home of the non-native Burmese python -- known to be a predator of native species. Now scientists, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Vicious' Giant Python Invading Florida

(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies suggest a 20 foot snake, the African rock python, is making its home in Florida and could soon invade the Everglades National Park.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1 weblog

Study compares growth around Yellowstone, Glacier and other national parks

The land around Yellowstone and Glacier national parks might look like it's filling up with people and houses, but it's nothing compared to the rate of development around some other U.S. national parks, according to a new ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds remarkable diversity of lichen species in Florida state park

If you seek America's most diverse, densely packed human population, head for New York's Manhattan, but if it's lichens you fancy instead of people, then Southwestern Florida is your best bet.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research offers clearer picture of cold snap's effect on Everglades

Just over a year ago, a killer freeze dropped iguanas from trees, turned pythons into snake-sicles and left Mayan cichlids and other tropical fish bobbing like bloated corks in lakes and canals.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Everglades show improvement in water quality

Researchers at the University of Florida Research and Education Centers and scientists at the South Florida Water Management District have published a report regarding the trends in water quality feeding into Everglades National ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Florida's Everglades put on world heritage endangered list

Florida's Everglades and Madagascar's tropical forest were added Friday to a list of imperiled world heritage sites by UNESCO officials who also registered lesser threats to Peru's Machu Picchu ruins and the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Land Deal Likely to Improve Everglades, Ecologists Say

Tom Brokaw, Miss Florida, and the all stars of Florida Everglades advocacy came to Washington on May 19 to discuss the progress of restoration efforts. Packed into a small room down the street from the Capitol ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Florida bill would ban pythons as pets

You wouldn't be able to buy a Burmese python as a pet anymore in Florida, under a bill drafted by a state senator who said the state should shut off the source of "dangerous reptiles" that have colonized the Everglades.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Restrictions on boaters proposed to protect Everglades seagrass

Concerned that powerboats are tearing up seagrass in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park has proposed a range of possible restrictions on boaters to protect a vast, shallow estuary that supports sea turtles, fish and clouds ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0