Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are ...

A record-breaking find has come slithering out of Naples, Florida. A team of researchers at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida captured a 215-pound, 17.7-foot Burmese python at the beginning of the ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (WFLA/WTVJ) – Python hunters made a monster catch in the Everglades over the weekend. The 17-foot long python they captured has broken a record. It’s the largest python ever caught ...

Python Problem: Experts say the large snakes in Florida are moving north into Brevard County ...

Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in ...

Florida Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera helped track down and catch a 15 foot Burmese python. According to a tweet from the South Florida Water Management District, Lopez-Cantera joined python ...