A Florida resident got a surprise when a ball python was found near their vehicle's engine after the hood was opened. Martin County officials sought clues about how the nonnative snake ended up in the car and whether it may have come from a local owner.

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A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Florida Python Challenge is returning this summer, giving participants a chance to win a share of $25,000 in prizes while helping protect the Everglades ecosystem. The competition runs July 10-19 ...

SEMINOLE, Fla. - On June 22, Officer Sozio and Officer Moore, of the Sanford Police Department, received an unusual call. Someone reported a large snake found inside the bathroom of an apartment building in Sanford. The special ball python rescue was ...

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science stepped in.

Alligator mating season occurs in May and June, leading to increased activity and potential sightings. Alligators in Florida are opportunistic feeders, and known to occasionally prey on invasive Burmese pythons. Conversely, Burmese pythons have also been ...

Vultures raiding a Burmese python nest in Broward County might sound like classic Florida weirdness, but University of Florida researchers said the discovery marks the first documented case of native birds preying on python eggs — a finding that could ...