As the Florida Python Challenge gets closer, let's take a look at the largest Burmese pythons caught in Florida.

Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive ...

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 ...

The longest Burmese python caught in Florida measured 19 feet long, while the heaviest weighed 215 pounds. Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world.

Virgin births have been observed in other reptiles before, including other pythons and snake species, said James Hanken, a professor of herpetology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

African rock pythons have been recorded at lengths up to 24 feet, though most are closer to 15. They’ve been seen swallowing monkeys and antelopes whole, and occasionally, they've tangled with ...