Burmese pythons, native to South Asia, are an invasive species in Florida, posing a threat to the ecosystem. The Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition, encourages hunters to remove Burmese ...

Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world. Adult animals average between 10 and 16 feet long, according to the University of Florida. The large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes are ...

This snake is making hiss-tory. A 22-year-old captured the longest documented Burmese python caught in Florida. The creepy-crawling critter was snagged by Jake Waleri in the Big Cypress National ...

The Biggest Burmese Pythons Ever Captured in Florida—Including a New No. 1 In October of 1979, while on a first date, retired Florida park ranger Jam Massey found an 11-foot, 9-inch road-killed python ...

This just in...Florida has a big python problem. According to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, the group has captured "one ton of pythons from Collier County" in the last 90 days. This includes ...

A record-breaking 6,300 pounds of Burmese pythons were removed from southwest Florida by a group that's eliminated more than 20 tons of the invasive species in the past 12 years. The Conservancy of ...