What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain ...

The large snakes typically live in rainforests near streams, although they have been known to survive in a variety of habitats, such as grasslands, swamps and rocky foothills. In Florida, the FWC ...

A new study warns that invasive Burmese pythons could drive the Key Largo woodrat, an endangered Florida rodent, to ...

Florida's opossums – the only native marsupial in the U.S. – could soon become weaponized against the prolific and invasive Burmese pythons wreaking havoc on the state's vulnerable ecosystems. At ...

Invasive Burmese pythons continue to flourish throughout the Florida Everglades as these massive snakes are perfectly suited ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem. Burmese pythons ...

In the wild, wild world of Florida wildlife management, it’s come to this: robot rabbits versus invasive super-snakes. Yes, really. In a headline-grabbing twist to the ongoing ecological nightmare in ...

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 ...

A California ball python was captured at an In-N-Out Burger 50 miles from her home. While Florida has ball pythons, our challenge is dealing with the much larger Burmese pythons. Sometimes a mouse won ...