Florida’s southern wetlands have been overtaken by a predator that does not belong there. Burmese pythons, native to ...

For ten days at the height of the Florida summer, hundreds of amateur and professional snake hunters waded through sawgrass, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A viral video from the Everglades is putting new focus on a disturbing part of Florida's python problem.

Florida biologists set a record removing 177 Burmese pythons totaling 8,080 pounds from the Everglades in one season, plus ...

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book called 'Where the Python Sleeps'.

On the marsh-fringed Gulf Coast where a trio of unhurried rivers slug into Charlotte Harbor, a semi-aquatic invader has settled in, taking advantage of Florida’s natural and man hewn waterways. An ...

Burmese pythons are spreading across South Florida. The invasive snake species has been appearing in Everglades National Park and the surrounding areas for years, according to the Florida Fish and ...

A study found 25 seed types in python guts and 73 types in tegus, including both native and invasive plants. The reptiles may be effectively spreading native plant seeds, complicating their role in ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WINK)—The Florida Python Challenge begins overnight, sending hundreds of people into the Everglades to hunt invasive Burmese pythons. Last year, 294 invasive Burmese pythons were ...