FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have ...

Residents of downtown Los Angeles were recently shocked to discover a gigantic 20-foot python in a dumpster near an apartment complex. Locals originally thought the snake was fake, but further ...

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

A mysterious parasite from Asia is infecting snakes over most of Florida, and researchers believe it was likely brought here by invasive Burmese pythons. The first documentations of the 3-inch-long ...

Florida is letting you join the state’s python battle, soon offering an online program that’ll tell you all about the invasive snakes. The free hourlong session, known as “Python Patrol,” will be ...

When it comes to being a Floridian, you have to coexist with multiple types of critters − all at once. From the tiny anoles zipping across the sidewalks as we so rudely step in their path to the ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

State contractors caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission a few months ago. Naples-based FWC hunters caught the giant python in Big ...

One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here — the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake that is an invasive species in ...

For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough job that someone’s got to do. But for many military veterans who help ...