Earlier this year, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida passed an astonishing milesone: The nonprofit announced it had taken 20 tons of pythons out of the western Everglade – the rough equivalent of a ...

The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold ...

Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...

Snakes aren't the only invaders threatening ecosystems. In many neighborhoods, invasive plants can be an equal menace.

The Florida Python Challenge, an annual statewide competition that kicks off Friday, will bring hundreds of snake-hunting professionals and novices to South Florida to hunt what wildlife officials are ...

A large alligator nicknamed 'Godzilla' was caught on video dragging an enormous Burmese python through the water in the ...

The invasive Burmese pythons are hurting Florida's Everglades ecosystem. A competition is offering over $30,000 in prizes to attract snake hunters.

Florida officials are testing a new method that involves a robotic bunny to remove unwanted invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades The robotic rabbits are made to look, sound, and even smell ...

The predator might soon become the prey if Florida scientists can confirm that Burmese pythons -- an extremely invasive species in the Everglades -- are safe for us to eat. The Florida Fish and ...

Florida's Simpsons-like Python Challenge has ended, and the results aren't the greatest. Of the estimated 150,000 Burmese pythons populating the state's Everglades, only 68 pythons were killed during ...