Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

What began as the Jackson family's first official python hunt together became a near-fatal struggle after Carl Jackson ...

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program rewards hunters for removing the invasive snakes. In May 2026, contracted hunters eliminated 315 python eggs from the ...

Researchers observed vultures eating invasive Burmese python eggs for the first time in Florida. The only other documented predator of python eggs in Florida is the bobcat. Scientists believe the ...

The extensive wetlands of Florida are being invaded by hundreds of thousands of invasive Burmese pythons. These relentless predators hunt without fear, consuming nearly everything that crosses their ...

A Burmese python named Harriet has challenged scientific understanding of the species' reproductive cycle. Harriet produced six clutches of eggs over seven reproductive cycles, a much higher rate than ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes have drastically reduced native mammal populations, including raccoons, ...

Burmese pythons are top predators in the Florida Everglades, and wildlife researchers have found a way to help control the invasive species by using opossums. Researchers have fitted opossums and ...