The state is offering a free “Python Patrol” course to learn how to identify, catch and humanely kill pythons.

It's one of several ways that Florida is working to combat the invasive species. The Burmese python population exploded in the mid-90s after being imported from South Asia as exotic pets.

A recent paper produced by the U.S. Geological Survey claims the "eradication of pythons in southern Florida is likely impossible" following the invasive species' rapid spread across the state ...

Burmese pythons are an incredibly destructive invasive species in Florida. Since they first came to Florida, more snakes have turned up in counties farther and farther north. Warming temperatures ...

A paper produced by the U.S. Geological Survey found that the invasive Burmese python population in Florida has expanded from a small area near Everglades National Park to the bottom third of the ...

20 tons of invasive Burmese pythons have been killed by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in a 200-square-mile area, but countless more remain, experts say.

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