Meet a scientist tracking invasive reptiles, and even their parasites

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...
WGCU

Annual Everglades python hunt will fail to eradicate species next month — and that's OK

The Burmese python does not belong in the Florida Everglades. The invasive species eating its way through the Everglades is native to India, lower China, and some islands of the East Indies. At some ...
Orlando Weekly

Burmese pythons are ‘a South Florida problem rapidly becoming a Central Florida problem’

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

Needle-like python teeth can be painful experience for hunters

As python hunters head out into the Everglades for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, many of them will feel the bite of the invasive snake.

Florida's Python Challenge is back, but biologists say the 4-ton problem is moving north

Florida's Python Challenge returns July 10 through July 19, offering cash prizes to amateur and professional hunters who ...

Florida’s deadliest python hunter is a conservationist at heart

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says ...

Florida's Burmese python problem so bad that a record hunt of 294 snakes in 10 days barely made a dent

A record-breaking result from Florida's annual python hunt is drawing attention — but for a sobering reason. Even after 294 Burmese pythons were removed in just 10 days, experts ...
thecooldown

Florida's 'most interesting' python is breeding faster than scientists thought possible

A nearly 13-foot Burmese python in Florida is forcing scientists to rethink how quickly the invasive species can multiply. The snake, named Harriet and described by researchers as the "most ...
The Free Press

Massive Everglades Discovery Drops 120 Invasive Python Eggs Just Before Florida Hunt Begins

A professional python hunter in the Florida Everglades recently stumbled upon what can only be described as the ultimate nightmare buffet: two massive, neighboring nests packed with a combined total ...
thecooldown

Snake hunter discovers two massive Burmese python nests with 120 eggs in Florida Everglades

A snake hunter in the Florida Everglades found two neighboring nests of invasive Burmese pythons containing about 120 eggs in total. The viral find, posted to Reddit, is the latest reminder of just ...
WPBF

PYTHON BE GONE: New efforts to combat Florida's python problem

FORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS INJURED. CONTROLLING THE PYTHON POPULATION HERE IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR DESANTIS SPOKE IN STUART TODAY ABOUT SOME NEW ACTIONS THE STATE PLANS TO TAKE TO CONTROL THE GROWTH OF ...
USA Today

Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey. Opossums are a key food source for ...