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 ...

Four tons of invasive pythons have been removed from Southwest Florida. As part of its Burmese python research and removal efforts this season, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed nearly 200 of the massive, invasive snakes from a roughly 200 ...

The snake may have been an escaped pet or one that was intentionally released.

Experts believe the snakes may be dispersing from the Everglades as their population grows, using connected waterways as highways. While not considered an overwhelming threat to humans, pythons can prey on pets like cats and small dogs. Ten days before ...

Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey. Opossums are a key food source for Burmese pythons, which are top predators in the ...

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums. Because opossums are one of the snakes’ favorite ...

Two Sanford police officers responded to an unusual call on June 22 after a large ball python was discovered inside an apartment building bathroom.

More than 200 of the invasive pythons were removed from South Florida during last year's hunt, according to the FWC.

KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum traps. A metal trap sits 20 yards into the woods.