pythons

More than 16,000 Burmese pythons have been removed since 2000. The hunt takes place starting Aug. 5.

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

Reptile breeders, exhibitors and shop owners said the proposals threaten the nature of their business, including public education about species. A vote is expected in December.

The female was nearly 19 feet long and weighed 140 pounds.

Move over Puppy Bowl, the 2020 Super Bowl has a new sideshow.In very Florida fashion, Miami-Dade County will host a Python Bowl, in conjunction with the…

On a steamy August day, Frank Ridgely stands inside a chilly surgical suite at Zoo Miami, preparing to slice into a seven-and-a-half foot-long Burmese...

Officials say Florida trappers have captured a record-setting python as part of a growing effort that encourages hunters to remove the invasive snakes…

The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board agreed Thursday to double its number of hunters who are trying to eradicate invasive Burmese…

Associated PressNon-native iguanas are multiplying so rapidly in South Florida that a state wildlife agency is now encouraging people to kill them.A…

Officials say a Florida trapper has captured a record-setting python as part of a program to remove the invasive species from the Everglades.

The U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, is collecting DNA to track a new snake hybrid in the Everglades.

A man with a python hidden inside an external hard drive was stopped from boarding a Florida plane headed to Barbados.