Five Florida men helped capture a 17-foot, nearly 200-pound Burmese python in the Everglades, the second-heaviest caught on record in the Sunshine State.

The capture of a 198-pound Burmese python in Big Cypress National Preserve has rattled many Floridians, but experts say the state must brace for bigger pythons spread across a wider area. There is ...

A team of python hunters, led by Mike Elfenbein, center, captured a 198 pound Burmese python in the Big Cypress Preserve on Nov. 3. The python was the second-heaviest ever caught in Florida.

A 215-pound python caught in 2022 remains the heaviest, but there are even bigger pythons waiting to be caught, according to wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.

The 200-pound invasive python found in Florida didn’t surprise experts. Bigger snakes wait to be found throughout the state, experts say.

The longest python captured in Florida (July 2023) measured 19 feet and was found crossing the road in Big Cypress National Preserve and weighed only 125 pounds.

The invasive female Burmese python captured at Big Cypress National Preserve weighed 198 pounds – the second heaviest python captured to date in Florida.

Researchers at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida caught a massive Burmese python in Naples, Florida; it broke records as removal efforts of the species continues.

Florida Biologists Capture Record-Breaking 215-Pound Python Invasive Burmese pythons are wreaking havoc on native wildlife and ecosystems in the Everglades ...

Weighing just shy of 200 pounds and measuring in at 17-foot-2-inches, the serpentine was named the second heaviest python ever recorded in Florida, according to the Conservancy of Southwest ...