If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

Florida's annual python hunt in the Everglades will run Aug. 9-18, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez announced Thursday morning at a news conference in Miami-Dade County. Burmese Pythons are an invasive species ...

Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

"They just start spreading out." Experts issue warning as massive snakes spread across US region: 'We can expect to see more ...

For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a week they run Hair of the Dog, their dog grooming salon in St. Petersburg, Florida. Then they close up shop, pick up their ...

Florida is paying $8.10 an hour to hunt invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades, but Brian Hargrove says he’d work for free. He’s enjoying special access to state-owned wetlands and reliving his ...

It’s an old plot line: As a place’s inhabitants innocently go about their business, aliens land. Unbeknownst to the natives, the invaders stealthily disperse, quickly eating every living thing in ...

By the time he reached high school, Mike Duever was riding his bicycle 60 miles one-way to get to preserves, where he could ...

Call Burmese pythons a plague on the Everglades. But don’t call them picky eaters. An examination of the digestive systems of 104 pythons killed this year in a public hunting competition turned up the ...

Invasive pythons are strangling Florida's wildlife. The giant snakes have an uncanny ability to hide. Scientists are using tech to turn the big snakes into spies. OCHOPEE, Fla. — Charlie 5 had no ...