The Everglades is a unique blend of wetlands, forests, and slow-moving water, stretching across south Florida like a living tapestry. For the Burmese python, this environment offers an almost ...

The first record of a Burmese python in the Everglades was in 1979. Since then, they've competed for food with native ...

Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons are spread out across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida. The first record of a Burmese python in the Everglades was in 1979. Since then, they ...

It's a rare sight that scientists came upon while tracking pythons in the Florida Everglades. That's a 77-pound, full-grown buck in the mouth of a 14.8-foot python.

Florida python hunterrs, Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught a massive Burmese python in the Everglades on ...

EVERGLADES NAT'L PARK, Fla. – For years, the Burmese python has run rampant in the Florida Everglades. The invasive snake has eaten everything in its path, including full-sized White-tailed deer ...

Thomas Aycock, a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, drives along a levy searching for invasive Burmese pythons, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in the Florida Everglades.

More than 600 hunters participated in this year's challenge, hoping to top last year's total of 209 pythons killed. The grand prize winner, who humanely kills the most, receives $10,000.

An invasive Burmese python in the Everglades was spotted eating a white-tailed deer around 67% of its mass by stretching its mouth to almost the maximum width of what is physically possible.

In 2023, a Florida woman captured video of a 10-foot alligator in the Everglades eating a Burmese python. In a 2023 USGS study, baby Burmese pythons were outfitted with radio transmitters.

Aycock, a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, has hunted Burmese pythons in the Everglades for 11 years. The retired U.S. Army veteran divides his time between ...

Thomas Aycock, a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, drives along a levy searching for invasive Burmese pythons, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in the Florida Everglades.