Vulnerable species — and the impact of the facility on their habitat and well-being — are at the core of a legal fight.

At Everglades National Park, visitors watched as a hefty alligator wrestled with a Burmese python, thrashing the snake's body in the water before sinking its jaws back in, reported the Miami Herald.

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes in Florida.