Ecologists have come up with a new solution in South Florida’s ongoing work to remove invasive Burmese pythons.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Stanberry, right, with her husband Rhett Stanberry holding a Burmese python they caught in the Everglades. Taylor won the ...

It's been more than three years since the record for longest python ever caught in Florida was set. Could there be longer pythons out there?

A 202-pound Burmese python caught in January 2026 is the heaviest captured in Florida so far this year. This python is the second heaviest ever caught in the state, with the record being a 215-pound ...

Florida’s southern wetlands have been overtaken by a predator that does not belong there. Burmese pythons, native to Southeast Asia, have established a breeding population across the Everglades so ...

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds (98 kilograms), was nearly 18 feet long (5 ...

The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is such a problem for Florida that it’s legal to hunt the massive invasive species throughout the year. The state even hosts an annual 10-day competition that ...

Not every Burmese python has the same potential impact on population growth, and researchers analysed whether demographic weighting and machine-learning models could help identify removals with ...

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.

A giant Burmese python in Florida could potentially swallow a deer weighing more than 120 pounds, according to a study that found the invasive snakes can eat larger prey than scientists once believed.

Invasive Burmese Pythons are a great threat to Florida's native species — so much so that the state employs qualified contractors to help hunt them.