Burmese pythons are literally eating their way through the Everglades. With no natural predators, these invasive reptiles - imported from Southeast Asia as pets - appear to be wiping out most of the ...

True to their name, Burmese pythons are native to the tropics of southern and southeastern Asia, where the gigantic snakes—they can grow as long as 19 ft.—have carved out a comfortable niche for ...

First identified in Everglades National Park in 2000, the Burmese python may be the most destructive foreign animal in the park's history. The Southeast Asian apex predator quickly put a stranglehold ...

The South Florida Water Management District's monthly competition is winding down for 2025. Who took the top prize in ...

Despite miles of ground covered as we drove through the Everglades under the cover of darkness, it was impossible to ignore the fact that we hadn’t spotted a single mammal. The expansive wetlands in ...

Taylor Stanberry, 29, of Naples, was the Ultimate Grand Prize winner in the 2025 Burmese Python Challenge. Stanberry captured 60 of the invasive snakes, including 30 hatchlings, and won $10,000 for ...

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South Florida has a problem with giant pythons as demonstrated here by a ranger holding a Burmese python in the Everglades. Bob DeGross / NPS Carla Dove, head of the National Museum of Natural History ...

INTO YOUR WEEKEND. THANK YOU, BROOKE. NOW TO THIS NEW STUDY THAT SHOWS PYTHONS COULD BE MAKING THEIR WAY OUT OF THE EVERGLADES, MOVING NORTH TOWARDS THE FLORIDA COASTS, CLOSE TO US IN THE COMING YEARS ...

In Palm Beach County, 69 Burmese pythons have been captured since 2006, according to the Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System, or EDDMapS. In addition, four have been found dead, and 24 ...

Starting later this summer, hundreds of hunters will disperse across Florida's Everglades. Their target? An apex predator known to grow up to 18 feet that hunts animals as large as an alligator and ...