Donna Kalil, one of the state’s official python hunters, drives along dirt roads every night searching for the reptiles.

Florida is fighting against the invasive Burmese python. Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed over 1,000 snakes since ...

Burmese pythons are wreaking havoc on the Everglades ecosystem, but some native animals have been known to prey on the ...

The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated ...

In Florida, Burmese pythons have been found swimming 15 miles offshore, helping themselves to tortoise burrows and eating ...

Discover the terrifying truth about giant snakes that have been known to eat humans. From anacondas to reticulated pythons, ...

A startling milestone has been reached in Florida's war against the invasive Burmese pythons eating their way across the ...

The battle against the invasive Burmese python by the Conservancy of Southwest ... we’ve developed science-based methods to track this apex predator more effectively and mitigate its damage ...

Some pythons have been found in Southwest Florida in Naples and near Lake Okeechobee. Predators: Because of their large size, adult Burmese pythons have few predators, with humans being the exception.

Burmese pythons are what scientists call "generalist predators," meaning that they feed on a wide variety of species. "That means they’re not picky," says Spencer. "They're eating our native ...

"Knowing the size of prey that predators can consume facilitates understanding and predicting their ecological impact. Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are apex predators that are larger than ...