The Everglades ecosystem issue of being choked out by pythons has been going on so long that it is now a part of our existing environment. For the last 20 years, our Sunshine State leaders have tried ...

Otto was more than a good dog. The German wirehaired pointer made a name for himself hunting invasive species in the tangled canals and swamps of South Florida, tracking down iguanas and pythons with ...

The 9-foot Burmese python was temporarily blinded due to shedding, trapper Mike Kimmel noted. Python Cowboy video screengrab One of Florida’s best-known wildlife trackers defied logic by taking a ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A blind dog known as "Helen Killer" tracked down a blind python with her extraordinary sense of smell during a hunt in the Everglades. Mike Kimmel, known as the "Python Cowboy," ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

"We spent so much time together, I feel like we started to act and even look like each other," Kimmel says of his prized dog, Otto. Otto was more than a good dog. The German wirehaired pointer made a ...