Just when you thought you knew everything about one of Florida's least-favorite invasive species, a surprise emerges. Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

Volunteer python hunter Dave Hackathorn, 53, of Waverly, W.Va., with a 4-foot-6-inch python caught west of Miami. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Studies indicate pythons have devastated the ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey. Pythons can eat prey over 100% of their body mass, including deer and bobcats.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that have significantly impacted the native mammal population. The python population likely became established after escaping breeding facilities ...

Filmmaker Xander Robin's documentary "The Python Hunt" chronicles the Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The film follows various ...

'Anytime you catch something bigger than 14 feet, it’s not a snake anymore, it’s a monster,' said Donna Kalil, a licensed Florida python hunter. Mike Kimmel goes by the social media moniker Python ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits that look and smell like the real thing — at least from the perspective of a ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge ended on July 20, but the final chapter of this year's 10-day hunt has yet to be written. According the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), who ...