Professional snake removal experts captured a 30-pound, 6½-foot Burmese python from a Miami-Dade residential area, preventing ...

The scale at which the Burmese python is able to decimate the native wildlife population in South Florida continues to astonish biologists studying to eradicate the invasive species. Researchers in ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, causing significant declines in native small mammal populations. Originally introduced through the pet trade, the wild python population in the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share ...

A Florida resident, with the help of friends, used a snare and ax to subdue a massive Burmese python that they had encountered Tuesday on the way home from dinner. Wade Gardner, of Rotonda West in ...

A Florida-based python hunter has shared a video of the heart-stopping moment a Burmese python lunged at him and his camera crew. Invasive Burmese pythons are becoming a more frequent sight in the ...

When invasive snakes began killing the Everglades' native wildlife, Florida came up with a plan: bring in bounty hunters. Amy Siewe – or the python huntress as she's also known – is scanning the roads ...

Donna Kalil is head python elimination specialist in the Everglades. After capturing and euthanizing more than 650 of the invasive snakes, many more remain a threat to the ecosystem. Darkness has ...

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More than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that will bring in thousands of dollars in prize money. The ...

Two of Florida's signature reptiles - the gator and the python - went head to head in a showdown caught on tape by an adventurer. Katina Boychew was in the Everglades on March 29 when she captured the ...