Why Would a Python End Up in a Florida Pool? With pythons becoming more widespread in Florida, backyard sightings are becoming more common. But why would a snake seek refuge in a pool?

When it comes to the invasive and destructive Burmese python in Florida, it's as simple as those two words. Starting Friday (July 11) another step will be taken to reduce the population of these ...

Animals 'Rescue to roommate': Python adopted by Florida deputy after reptile was rescued from pool party Video captures the hilarious moment a deputy calmly rescued the snake as partygoers panicked.

Animals 'Rescue to roommate': Python adopted by Florida deputy after reptile was rescued from pool party Video captures the hilarious moment a deputy calmly rescued the snake as partygoers panicked.

Bodycam footage from the incident shows a deputy arriving at a home in Lehigh Acres in southwest Florida, where a large ball python had slithered its way by the pool.

In 2023, the Florida Python Challenge removed 209 invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. A total of 917 pythons have been removed during the challenge since it began.

Over the past year, it has been working to shed light on the pervasive problem and design a more sustainable shoe—one made with invasive python skin. Florida’s new apex predator ...

An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center ...

NEAR FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida family’s pool party took an unexpected turn when a ball python was discovered slithering on their pool deck. Lee County Sheriff’s Office body camera ...

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you can't shoot them.

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.