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

August was another productive month for the South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program. Starting in January, the SFWMD has awarded $1,000 to the Burmese python hunter who has ...

In the sprawling wetlands of Florida’s Everglades, an unlikely ally has joined the fight against one of the region’s most destructive invasive species—the Burmese python. Enter robot rabbits: lifelike ...

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

His snake eyes were bigger than his stomach. Florida might have a new ally in the ongoing fight against the invasive Burmese python scourge — chilly weather. Researchers who track the elusive and ...

A Florida man caught a nearly six-metre Burmese python, believed to be a record for the southern US state. Jake Waleri, 22, nabbed the snake on Monday at Big Cypress National Preserve while out ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has removed 245 pythons so far in 2025. Brian Hargrove was the top hunter in August, capturing 63 invasive snakes. The program ...

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 invasive snakes out of their ...

A necropsy also found hoof cores in the snake’s digest system, meaning that an adult white-tailed deer was its last meal. A 14-foot female Burmese python captured in mangrove habitat of south-western ...

A 16-foot Burmese python was found and killed in the Florida Everglades just after eating its last meal: a 76-pound deer. South Florida Water Management A 16-foot Burmese python was found and killed ...

Burmese pythons, an invasive species in Florida, typically grow to be 6 to 9 feet in length Pinecrest Police Department/Facebook Pinecrest, Florida, authorities captured a 14-foot Burmese python on ...