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.

The largest ever Burmese python found in the Florida Everglades has been trapped by scientists with the help of another snake. The massive 18-foot-long female weighed 215 pounds and was discovered ...

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

The record-setting snake was found at Big Cypress National Preserve in Naples on July 10, according to The Conservancy of Southwest Florida The record-setting snake — which measures in at 19 feet long ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Florida is unfortunately home to a lot of uninvited guests — especially invasive species. But there might be another way to control their rapidly increasing populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

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 ...

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 ...