Wildlife officials in South Florida are testing a new tool in their battle against Burmese pythons: robotic rabbits.

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park ...

Recent sightings of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are these massive snakes invading urban ...

MIAMI (AP) – Federal wildlife officials alarmed by an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades have tried radio tracking devices, a massive public hunt and even snake-sniffing dogs to ...

Imagine stepping into the heart of the Florida Everglades, surrounded by shimmering sawgrass and the haunting calls of wading birds, only to realize you’re walking through a battleground. This isn’t a ...

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Ian Bartoszek (right) and research partner Ian Easterling hold up a large female python located by tracking one of their male scout snakes. These male pythons are used to help locate the big females ...

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- More than a hundred of these slithery pythons have been caught in the Florida everglades in the last month. They were captured as part of the state's annual python challenge.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the number of snakes caught during the 2023 Florida Python Challenge. A total of 209 pythons were caught. Catching pythons is less ...

A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2019. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Burmese pythons are too good at what they do — they’re nearly undetectable ...

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A large, pregnant python was found and captured in the Everglades by crews with the Martin County Trapping & Wildlife Rescue. In a Facebook post, the organization says the snake ...