ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida's first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number ...

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits ...

Researchers who track the elusive and reviled reptiles were thrilled to witness one of the greedy beasts regurgitating an ...

Difficulty digesting large meals may limit where these temperature-sensitive snakes can call home — and that might be a good ...

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

Longest python caught in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge was recorded in the Novice category. Plus a look at some of the biggest snakes ever caught.

South Florida Water Management District's 2025 Python Elimination Program is helping to address the invasive snake population.

A 14-foot Burmese python has been captured in South Florida. The invasive species of snake generally average a length of 6 to 9 feet.

Burmese pythons continue to be an invasive species in Florida, but declining deer numbers in the state have concerned scientists given that the grazers form an important diet of local predators, ...

Police in Pinecrest captured a 14-foot Burmese python on U.S. 1, with the event underscoring invasive species issues.