— -- Giant Burmese pythons have already established themselves across thousands of square miles of Florida's Everglades, where outdoor workers now routinely find them. The state had held out hope ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) — A recent discovery of the Asian lungworm in Palm Beach County has raised concerns about the future of Florida's native snake populations. Researchers believe this ...

Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons have ravaged the Sunshine State's native wildlife. Some question if hunting them is the right answer. Python hunter Amy Siewe caught this nearly 12-foot python in ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. The challenge aims to raise public awareness and encourage reporting of python sightings.

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

Who do you think would win a fight between a python and a crocodile in Florida? Generally, we would look to real-life ...

Despite miles of ground covered as we drove through the Everglades under the cover of darkness, it was impossible to ignore the fact that we hadn’t spotted a single mammal. The expansive wetlands in ...

Amy Siewe, dubbed the Python Huntress, seeks out and kills Florida's invasive Burmese python. The non-native pythons breed freely in the Florida Everglades. Up to 98 percent of mammals in parts of the ...