Two long-abandoned military buildings in the Florida Keys that were once used as missile shelters were recently found to be housing another inhabitant – invasive and damaging Burmese pythons. The U.S.

Typically, when people think of dangerous animal encounters, they imagine them happening in remote wild places. In reality, they can happen almost anywhere, including along roadsides and near ...

The invasive Burmese pythons slithering around the Everglades, and specifically the scientists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida doing research on the snakes, has caught the attention of ...

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...

A Florida python hunter captured a 202-pound female Burmese python in the Everglades. The captured snake is the second heaviest on record in Florida, measuring 16 feet, 10 inches long. Burmese pythons ...

South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

A python hunter caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The 16-foot, 10-inch female python was captured in Big Cypress National Park with the help of ...

Join the action as invasive pythons are captured, highlighting their impact on the ecosystem, the challenges of removal, and the techniques used to safely handle these large snakes. Warning. Do not ...