The snakes first came to Florida when a hurricane blew off a python breeding center. Ever since they have been breeding like ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims ...

Burmese pythons are expanding their territory north along Florida's Gulf Coast, with sightings becoming more frequent in ...

Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world. Adult animals average between 10 and 16 feet long, according to the University of Florida. The large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes are ...

A python researcher who regularly works in Everglades National Park has caught a giant snake that may be the second-largest python ever caught in Florida, reports CBS Miami. The snake was captured ...

Initially established in Everglades National Park in the early 1980s, Burmese pythons quickly put a stranglehold on Florida's ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. -- An 18-foot python is now the second largest python ever caught in the wild in Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Python Action Team members Cynthia Downer and ...

Scientists at the University of Florida say the 160-pound, 17-foot-long Burmese python found in the Everglades last week is the largest one ever seen in the state, and more evidence that the ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species from Southeast Asia now established in South Florida. While freezing temperatures can be lethal to pythons, evidence suggests they may be evolving to tolerate ...

Snakes might not top everyone’s list of favorite creatures, but there’s no denying they’ve mastered the art of growing long, heavy, and—let’s be honest—pretty intimidating. A few are so big their ...