The 2-year-old Florida girl killed recently by an 8-foot pet Burmese python underscores the threat posed when wild animals are kept as pets. It follows incidents earlier this year in Nevada, where a 3 ...

The Florida Python Challenge allows the public to remove Burmese pythons from the Everglades... with cash prizes.

Recent sightings and captures of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are they invading urban ...

The non-native snakes are overrunning Florida and must be eliminated. Fashion designers are determined to make sure their remains don’t go to waste. Most Burmese python hunters dispose of their snakes ...

As Burmese pythons threaten Florida's habitats, a local program incentivizes residents to assist with capturing and killing ...

Burmese pythons are not native to Florida’s wetlands. Their population surged in the 1990s after the exotic pet trade and a reptile facility collapse during Hurricane Andrew.

"The movement caught my eye." Grisly video shows aftermath of tussle between alligator and Burmese python: 'It was missing ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A slithering, 17-foot Burmese python found at Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades weighed 140 pounds and took four people to carry. A 17-foot Burmese python was found in Florida, ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.