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

With hourly fees and per-snake bonuses, python contractors are helping remove invasive constrictors from the Everglades. Here ...

Florida might have a new ally in the ongoing fight against the invasive Burmese python scourge — chilly weather. Researchers ...

Naples-based Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s python hunters smash records, removing massive invasive snakes to protect ...

Over 500 people have registered to look for pythons across a swath of state lands in South Florida. Some authorized hunters also are allowed to extend the hunt into Everglades National Park. The snake ...

In recent weeks, Florida officials have deployed more than 100 robot rabbits to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades, as the snakes decimate native species with their voracious ...

The South Florida Water Management District has launched an unusual experiment to combat one of the region’s most destructive ...

A California ball python was captured at an In-N-Out Burger. Florida Burmese pythons eat alligators, deer and wild hogs.

In Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, researchers documented a Burmese python regurgitating a deer due to a cold snap, marking the first such observation without human interference. This ...

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 ...