South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

With help from his wife and kids, who prevented the snake from squeezing him to death, Carl Jackson wrangled the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in the state ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Friday marked ...

Scientists in the Everglades are taking a new approach to combat the Burmese python invasion. They are not only capturing snakes but also predicting breeding sites and removing entire nests before ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida's Everglades. A Florida snake hunter, his wife, and their two kids were able to wrestle and take out a whopping 202-pound Burmese python in a battle ...

The invasive Burmese pythons slithering around the Everglades, and specifically the scientists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida doing research on the snakes, has caught the attention of ...

Once imported to Florida as exotic pets, Burmese pythons have become one of the most devastating invasive species the state has ever faced. As their numbers grow, their impact on native wildlife in ...

Two long-abandoned military buildings in the Florida Keys that were once used as missile shelters were recently found to be housing another inhabitant – invasive and damaging Burmese pythons. The U.S.

FORT LAUDERDALE — It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he ...

Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes. The ...