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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Truman, the python-sniffing black Labrador retriever, recently tracked down his first snake in a new program Florida is using to eradicate the invasive species. The Florida ...

The dog team's first catch? An 8-foot male python in Miami-Dade County. For decades, pythons have been identified as one of the biggest and most concerning invasive species in Florida, having ...