BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE

The photo captures dozens of alligators lurking in the Big Cypress National Preserve in south Florida.

Ecologists with the U.S. Geological Survey collected first-of-its-kind photographic evidence last year of a bobcat devouring python eggs in the Big Cypress National Preserve.Driving the news: The finding, published last month in the journal Ecology and Evolution, suggests there's finally hope that a predator could halt the python's creeping dominance — by eating its eggs.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeWhat they're saying: "This

Interior Department officials on Thursday canceled a Trump administration directive that gave local and state officials power to block purchases of land and water for conservation under a longstanding federal program. Trump administration officials had said the order would have allowed the government to fulfill goals that were set when conservation areas were created, by filling in missing pieces of them. Jon Tester of Montana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia and others for undermining the conservation program. They accused the Trump administration of using Bernhardt’s order to circumvent the intent of Congress and squandering the bipartisan goodwill created by passing last year's law. Daines welcomed the move to revoke the order and said in a Thursday statement that the program was a critical tool for conservation.

OCHOPEE, Florida (CNN) - What would you do if you encountered a 98-pound Burmese python while out on a hike in Florida? The captors are members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Python Action Team. The Python Action Team was created by the commission to lead python control efforts. These team members are paid to find and capture Burmese pythons in regions throughout south Florida. "Removing 900 pythons is a great milestone for our Python Action Team!"