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

Each year, the challenge brings together wildlife officials, seasoned python hunters, and volunteers to restore Florida's ...

Catching a giant python isn’t just a challenge, it’s a mission to protect Florida’s wildlife. This story follows the journey from searching in storms to confronting the snake itself. Conservationists ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm ...

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

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

A Pinecrest police officer and a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputy had their hands full early Thursday morning with a 14-foot Burmese python.

Activists and outdoorspeople insist the human, pollutive impact of the detention center imperils landscape and wildlife, not the other way around.

Dr. Melissa Miller is a research scientist, wildlife ecologist with UF's school Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.