The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission launched its first ever "Python Challenge." More than 800 hunters have registered for the month-long competition aimed at harvesting Burmese ...

After plaguing the Everglades, four types of the giant, slithering constrictor snakes have been officially banned from the Florida swampland. Federal officials said Tuesday that the Burmese python, ...

This Instagram post of a Burmese python eating a 77-pound white-tailed deer is quite horrifying. It teaches us a lot about the power of these incredible but invasive reptiles. At the same time, it ...

Edward Mercer, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission non-native Wildlife Technician, holds a Burmese Python during a press conference in the Florida Everglades about the non-native ...

A giant python — about as long as a shipping container — that was captured in Everglades National Park in Florida earlier this month has now been euthanized, authorities say. The accidental finding of ...

There are between 100,000 and 300,000 of these snakes in the region – and they can swallow a small deer whole. What can Florida do about this threat to biodiversity? An invasive predator that can grow ...

A 14ft python was shot dead by a Florida ranger on Friday after the monster snake was spotted in the Everglades. The female snake was so large that four men struggled to hold it up as they paraded the ...

Researchers (L) examine the internal anatomy of a five metre-long Burmese python weighing 75kg. The python was found pregnant with 87 eggs (R). (Photo: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum) Kristen ...

A Florida pizzeria has an answer to the state's growing wild Burmese python problem: eat them. Evan's Neighborhood Pizza offers an outlandish pie that features the slithering reptile as a topping.