Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for ...

Florida has spent decades trying to reduce python numbers through organized removal programs, public hunts, and contractor ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...

Pythons are devastating native wildlife in one of America's most ecologically diverse areas. Armed groups are combing the Everglades in a bit to kill off an invasive species with a voracious appetite.

Burmese pythons continue to be an invasive species in Florida, but declining deer numbers in the state have concerned scientists given that the grazers form an important diet of local predators, ...

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...