The Burmese python has been wreaking havoc across the Florida Everglades as it slithers its way north into new territory.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said Burmese pythons in southern Florida represent “one of the most intractable” management issues in the world.

A 2012 study suggested that in Everglades National Park, pythons were responsible for a decline of 85% to 100% of the population of medium-sized animals such as raccoons and rabbits. Burmese ...

They're not just in the Everglades anymore. Burmese pythons are expanding their range. A new study, covering 20 years of data, looks at their invasion front, where they may go next and how to stop ...

Although Burmese pythons were detected in the Everglades as early as 1979, it was not until the late 1990s and early 2000s that the confirmation of a reproduction population prompted the snake to ...

A group of python hunters caught the longest Burmese python ever measured on July 10, 2023, in the Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County. The massive snake was 19 feet long .

Records shows that about 100,000 Burmese pythons were imported to the United States since the late 1970s, Bartoszek said, primarily from Vietnam and Thailand. "Who knows what happened in the pet ...

Burmese pythons are adapting, evolving and slithering around these parts of Florida 5 things to know about the Florida Python Challenge: Map for hunt, bounty, how to kill No guns: Legal ways to ...

A Burmese python captured in Florida weighed 198 pounds, the second-heaviest ever recorded in the state. ... 'It took five of us': What we know about massive Burmese python caught in Florida ...