State contractors caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission a few months ago. Naples-based FWC hunters caught the giant python in Big ...

Sometimes plunging in headfirst and barehanded is just the most efficient way to nab the nuisance lizard, says Mike Kimmel, ...

Burmese and other python snake species have wreaked havoc in South Florida and the Florida Everglades for decades as an invasive species. These reptiles can reach up to 23 feet in size, but those ...

Burmese and Indian pythons, though related, exhibit stark differences. The Burmese python is an invasive threat in Florida, ...

The Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Big Cypress National Preserve poses a threat to numerous endangered and threatened species. Species at risk include the Florida panther, ...

While most snake species are solitary hunters, a rare and fascinating few engage in cooperative hunting—a remarkable behavior ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

While conducting a study about ecological impacts of invasive pythons in Florida, researchers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida found a nearly 15-foot-long Burmese python had swallowed a ...

THE EVERGLADES, FLA. (WSVN) - Catching Burmese pythons is an itch that hundreds of hunters can’t wait to scratch every year, and for 10 days this month, they’re sending the big reptiles on the run in ...

On a sunny Saturday afternoon in late October, an apex predator slithered through the un-mowed grass of an East Central Florida canal bank. The 12-foot-long Burmese python soaked in the sun's rays as ...

SNAKE HUNTERS HEAD BACK INTO THE EVERGLADES TOMORROW ON FLORIDA’S ANNUAL TEN DAY PYTHON CHALLENGE. THE SNAKE HUNT BEGAN TODAY WITH THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING THE INVASIVE SPECIES OF SNAKE THAT THREATENS ...

In the criminally underrated Peacock comedy Killing It, the desperate protagonist (Craig Robinson) decides that the only way ...