Conservation teams in South Florida just wrapped their most ambitious python removal season yet, and the strategy they used to pull it off targets the species at its most vulnerable point. What they ...

As Eric Suarez and Brandon Welty pulled their duo of airboats off to the side of an island in the Everglades, this spot looked no different from the rest of the canal. But inside was one of the most ...

Invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida may be doing more than wiping out mammals across the Everglades. Scientists have found 25 types of seeds in the digestive tracts of Burme ...

There’s a snake in the Everglades that no one native to Florida ever asked for. The Burmese python didn’t slither up from the Caribbean or ride a hurricane in from Asia. We brought it — through the ...

The 10-year study, published last week in the journal Ecology and Evolution, was conducted by U.S. Geological Survey researchers who examined the tail tissue of over 400 snakes captured in South ...

Hunters can now register for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a competition that offers a $10,000 grand prize to the participant who removes the most Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The Florida ...

8,080 Pounds of Pythons Pulled From the Everglades, and They Weren't Just Any Snakes© Lunatic_67/ via Canva.com In one sweeping operation this spring, more than four tons of Burmese pythons were ...