This robot rabbit might look cute and cuddly, but it's certainly not a toy. In fact it has a very important job to do - helping experts in Florida, in the US, to catch a particular kind of snake. The ...

Snake catchers in Florida are working overtime to combat an ever-growing population of Burmese pythons, capturing more than 3,600 of the serpents since the launch of an official campaign to hunt them ...

It took the combined strength of five Florida python hunters to subdue a colossal Burmese python - as the species threatens native wildlife and continues to disrupt ecosystems within the state. Mike ...

The Florida Python Challenge is less than two months away, but in Florida, being prepared to run into a Burmese python is always handy. The 10-day competition encourages novice and expert hunters to ...

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits that look and smell like the real thing — at least from the perspective of a ...

Watch: Longest Burmese python ever recorded caught in dramatic footage A 19ft Burmese python, the longest ever recorded, was caught by 22-year-old Jake Waleri in South Florida's Big Cypress National ...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A giant 198-pound python was caught in Florida, ...

This snake bit off a bit more than it could chew. Wildlife biologists from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida recently released a set of images showing a Burmese python they captured in ...

Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught the invasive snake near Everglades City just after midnight on ...

The solitary nature of these snakes makes it hard to catch them in the act of devouring prey A HUGE Burmese python has been caught swallowing a white-tailed deer whole in Florida’s Everglades by ...