Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits ...

Researchers who track the elusive and reviled reptiles were thrilled to witness one of the greedy beasts regurgitating an ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program incentivizes contractors to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The program awards monthly bonuses to the contractor who catches ...

The water district and University of Florida researchers deployed 120 robot rabbits this summer as an experiment.

Difficulty digesting large meals may limit where these temperature-sensitive snakes can call home — and that might be a good ...

South Florida Water Management District's 2025 Python Elimination Program is helping to address the invasive snake population.

Wildlife officials in South Florida are testing a new tool in their battle against Burmese pythons: robotic rabbits.

Recent sightings of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are these massive snakes invading urban areas?

The South Florida Water Management District's 2025 Python Elimination Program is helping to address the invasive snake ...

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant ...