Everglades becomes U.S. python pit

Everglades becomes U.S. python pit, Charlotte Observer – May, 20, 2012.  In 2009, the invasive Burmese python made its debut on national television as the new symbol of Florida…Americans are already paying more than $160 billion annually in efforts to eradicate an increasing number of invading species, with relatively little success….Georgia, South and North Carolina can only hope that the python patrols in Florida are successful!  Column written by Meg Lowman, NC State professor and forest canopy expert who directs the Nature Research Center, N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences.