The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

Two Sanford police officers responded to an unusual call on June 22 after a large ball python was discovered inside an ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Still, scientists no longer consider complete eradication realistic.

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. The invasive snake was first recorded in the Everglades National Park in 1979 and quickly put a stranglehold ...

Naples is plagued by one of the most capable creepy predators on the planet. The situation is dire from an ecological perspective. For years, hunters, hikers and others who get out in the historic ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...

The Conservancy’s python tracking team made the first capture of the breeding season with scout snake #118 “Snaquan” in November 2025, removing a 17-foot, 148 lb female python. Conservancy of ...

Four tons of invasive Burmese pythons were removed from South Florida ecosystems during the latest breeding season, setting a record for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. The achievement marks a ...