Florida's python problem is widely tied to people importing exotic pets and releasing or losing them into the wild.

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

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

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

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

A Florida man was fined $180 for capturing an invasive 8-foot Burmese python in Everglades National Park. While python removal is encouraged in much of Florida, a permit is required to handle wildlife ...

The situation is dire from an ecological perspective. For years, hunters, hikers and others have for years reported that mammals were declining.

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

Florida scientists removed a record 177 Burmese pythons weighing over four tons, using innovative tracking methods to protect native wildlife from the invasive species.

A record 177 Burmese pythons weighing 8,080 pounds and more than 4,000 eggs were removed from Florida this breeding season.

This Instagram post of a Burmese python eating a 77-pound white-tailed deer is quite horrifying. It teaches us a lot about the power of these incredible but invasive reptiles. At the same time, it ...

Four tons of invasive Burmese pythons were removed from South Florida ecosystems during the latest breeding season, setting a record.