More than 20 tons of Burmese python have now been pulled from the wilds of Southwest Florida by one of the region’s most enduring and effective science teams. In early June, the Conservancy of ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

Participants will compete July 10-19 to help remove Burmese pythons from the Everglades and raise awareness about invasive species.

One female python may produce over 100 eggs in a clutch.

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

The situation is dire from an ecological perspective. For years, hunters, hikers and others have for years reported that ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

In the chronicles of the natural world, Harriet is an evolutionary success story. For Florida, the nearly 13-foot-long Burmese python is an ecological nightmare. Called the "most interesting Burmese ...

Florida's opossums – the only native marsupial in the U.S. – could soon become weaponized against the prolific and invasive Burmese pythons wreaking havoc on the state's vulnerable ecosystems. At ...

We are almost halfway through the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, which means plenty of snakes have likely already been ...