Burmese pythons, a reclusive apex predator from Southeast Asia, were introduced to Florida in the 1970s, likely from the exotic pet trade. They’ve been exploding in the wild ever since ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. The invasive snake was first recorded in the Everglades National Park in 1979 and quickly put a ...

For the first time in Florida, a bobcat has been recorded killing and eating a massive 13-foot Burmese python in the Everglades.

Burmese pythons – nonvenomous, but large enough to eat alligators and household pets – are moving north across Florida from the Everglades toward Georgia, taking out hundreds of native species ...

Burmese pythons in Florida. The invasive snakes number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc and destruction across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades region ecosystem. Native to ...

Because these pythons are invasive to the area, they pose a major risk to local wildlife and the health of Florida's ecosystems. Catching and removing them is therefore an important part of ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition created by FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from seven ...

This snake is making hiss-tory. A 22-year-old captured the longest documented Burmese python caught in Florida. The creepy-crawling critter was snagged by Jake Waleri in the Big Cypress National ...

Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. They are non-native, invasive species that should be removed from the environment. The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day annual ...

Two python hunters in Southwest Florida just captured the third-largest invasive Burmese pythons ever caught in the Sunshine State, measuring nearly 18 feet long. Carl Nicholson of C1 Catch 1 ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, when hunters can sign up to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...