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

Still, scientists no longer consider complete eradication realistic.

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife ...

Florida holds an annual 10-day Python Challenge to control the invasive Burmese python population. Participants compete for prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most pythons. The ...

Burmese pythons, one of the state's most fearsome invasive species, have been an established presence in the Everglades for more the 25 years. Scientists thought for years salty water, predators, ...

As Florida gets ready for its annual Python Challenge in the Everglades, a less publicized effort by field biologists is also ...