For the last decade, scientists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida and other groups have hauled out more than 1,000 snakes from 160 square miles in south Florida – more than 30,000 pounds of ...

In Palm Beach County, 69 Burmese pythons have been captured since 2006, according to the Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System, or EDDMapS. In addition, four have been found dead, and 24 ...

The invasive Burmese python continues to plague the South Florida ecosystem, most notably in the Everglades. The snake established its presence there years ago with no one knowing exactly how many ...

If there was such a thing as a Hall of Fame for python photos, we think we have a bunch that would qualify. The galleries of pythons in Florida seen on this page come from the cameras of our talented ...

Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons have ravaged the Sunshine State's native wildlife. Some question if hunting them is the right answer. Python hunter Amy Siewe caught this nearly 12-foot python in ...

The 198-pound python counts as the second heaviest ever found in Florida, the state says. It was caught by hunters Nov. 3 at Big Cypress National Preserve in southwest Florida. Facebook screengrab The ...

In the dark hours after midnight, a tiny endangered mouse foraged its way through a matrix of subterranean pipes at the abandoned Nike Missile Base in Key Largo. Little did it know that a massive ...

Pythons specifically are found in many places, including thick rainforests, dry savannas, rocky shrublands, and even swamps. Even though they inhabit a wide range of areas, pythons typically thrive ...

A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have happened before, though ...

So you want to become the next Florida python hunter. The feat is not as simple as slinging a few snakes while galivanting through the swampy Everglades before calling it a day. Take it from Amy Siewe ...