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

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 ...

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

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.

Researcher Ian Bartoszek stood in the dense wetlands of southwest Florida and witnessed something that most will never see in their lifetime. A giant Burmese python, nearly as long as a full-sized ...