The first time Elle Barbeito skinned an invasive Burmese python she almost lost her lunch. Twice. Initially she nicked the snake’s stomach with the razor and semi-digested prey spilled out. Things got ...

(WSVN) - Most of us know pythons as invasive reptiles harming the Everglades’ delicate ecosystem, but for one South Florida fashion designer, these snakes also make for some wild style. Karen Hensel ...

Handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez, whose animal skin-based accessories helped style stars such as Britney Spears and the ladies of "Sex and the City," was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading ...

On a fall day in Gainesville, Georgia, Justin Kobylka, the forty-two-year-old owner of Kinova Reptiles, was preparing to cut open two clutches of snake eggs. He was hoping to hit upon some valuable, ...

Florida is partnering with a luxury leather company to increase the number of invasive pythons caught. The company, Inversa, turns python skins into high-end fashion items like wallets, belts, and ...

MIAMI -- Colombia extradited renowned designer Nancy Gonzalez to the U.S. for allegedly illegally shipping products made from the skins of endangered animals. Gonzalez and her business partner, Diego ...

“The press of business, production deadlines, or other economic factors are not justification for anyone to knowingly flout the system and attempt to write their own exceptions to wildlife trafficking ...

When it comes to being a Floridian, you have to coexist with multiple types of critters − all at once. From the tiny anoles zipping across the sidewalks as we so rudely step in their path to the ...