"Sightings near urban areas have become more common." Firefighters respond after massive snakes are found where they don't ...

Researchers who track the elusive and reviled reptiles were thrilled to witness one of the greedy beasts regurgitating an ...

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits ...

Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...

Scientists discover new intestinal cells in Burmese pythons that completely dissolve bones, explaining why they never appear ...

The South Florida Water Management District's 2025 Python Elimination Program is helping to address the invasive snake ...

South Florida Water Management District's 2025 Python Elimination Program is helping to address the invasive snake population.

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park ...

HAVANA, Fla. - Participants in the annual Florida Python Challenge removed a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida during a recent 10-day competition, the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

A 14-foot Burmese python has been captured in South Florida. The invasive species of snake generally average a length of 6 to 9 feet.

Wildlife officials in South Florida are testing a new tool in their battle against Burmese pythons: robotic rabbits.