Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Burmese Python Invasion: Fighting Invasive Species," in the video player above. It's been 26 years since Hurricane Andrew became the costliest storm in Florida ...

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 ...

Maps shared by the South Florida Sun Sentinel show the impressive size of the Burmese python's spread across southern Florida. The red area on the 2000 map shows where there were reported python ...

Participants have 10 days to kill as many Burmese pythons as possible in annual Florida snake hunt The 2024 Florida Python Challenge begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 9 and ends at 5 p.m. on ...

While it is almost impossible to estimate the size of the Burmese python population in Florida because they are so hard to detect, experts say there are likely tens of thousands in the state ...

Wildlife experts in Southwest Florida recently snagged 500 pounds of Burmese pythons - including one more than 16 feet long, after finding a large mating ball of the snakes not far from the city ...

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long and had 122 ...

It took about a month for researchers to find the tracker as the snake moved in and out of Key Largo’s labyrinth of caves, and when they did, they found a 12-foot-long, 66-pound female python ...

Adult Burmese pythons slithering around Florida are on average 6-9 feet in length, with the biggest one caught so far being 18 feet long. These massive snakes have severely impacted the ecosystem ...

As far as science knows, no Burmese python has ever killed a human here in Florida. In Florida, Burmese pythons have been found to prey upon a variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, and even alligators.

Burmese pythons are native to parts of Southeast Asia, but they were introduced to the Sunshine State in the 1970s and 1980s.

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.