The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold ...

THE biggest Python ever caught roaming free in Florida has been found and killed in the state’s Everglades region. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...

Scores of Burmese pythons have been captured in Florida. The snakes, which are an invasive species, were rounded up in a 10-day competition involving 850 participants from 33 states and Canada.

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.

What would have been a bad dream for many was a massive win for the Florida wildlife experts who discovered a 7-foot-wide, 500-lb. pile of invasive Burmese pythons. The snakes, which are not ...

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that declines in several mammal species in the region, such as raccoons and marsh rabbits ...

One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here. The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from eight ...

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 ...

A woman in Florida caught a brawl between a Burmese python and an alligator on camera during a recent trip to Everglades National Park. Alison Joslyn came across the scene while riding her bike in the ...

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 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 ...