A research team is trying eradicate invasive pythons species in the Everglades. A sentinel snake named Argo led them to an eight-snake breeding aggregation just before Valentine's Day.

A male python named Dion led the team to the 215-pound female, then went on to find four more female snakes this past breeding season.

A "super snake" may emerge in the Everglades, a new genetic study has revealed. A study in the journal Ecology and Evolution reported that a small number of Burmese and Indian pythons have bred.

During a necropsy, the snake was found to have 122 eggs developing in its abdomen — breaking another record for the most eggs female python can produce in a breeding cycle, according to the ...

Wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek says Southwest Florida has a python problem. “In the last five breeding seasons, we removed 10,000 pounds of python from a less than 40 square mile area. That ...

Wildlife experts call it a “breeding aggregation.” It’s a more respectable way of saying snake sex party. A Burmese python nicknamed “Argo” led researchers to a 15-foot-long, 115-pound ...

The pythons are released back into the wild to act as spies, hence their nickname "Judas snakes." During the December-through-April breeding season, the males lead researchers to the females.

A slithering sentinel male python equipped with a surgically implanted tracking device led Florida wildlife biologists to what they are calling a “breeding aggregation” — or snake sex party. … ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

Hunters have caught nearly 1,000 pythons in the many years Florida has offered its signature Python Challenge, where competitors from around the world search for these destructive snakes roaming ...