In Florida, hunters can kill pythons year-round, but a study says they're targeting the wrong ones

New research suggests Florida could better control its estimated 100,000 to 300,000 invasive Burmese pythons by targeting ...

See Florida's heaviest Burmese python catch of 2026. Are the pythons in Palm Beach County?

Carl Jackson caught this year's heaviest Burmese python in Florida. Could the next catch happen in Palm Beach County?

USGS tests drones to track invasive Burmese pythons across Florida’s Everglades

A 16-foot Burmese python was radio-tagged and tracked using drone technology in the Greater Everglades. The US Geological ...

Predicting pythons – AI attempts to find best conditions, times to hunt

A quantitative ecologist is bringing machine learning to Florida's battle against the Burmese python - math versus an invasive ambush predator that has so far flouted other control methods.

In 2018, scientists GPS-tagged 13 Burmese pythons but found that the devices recorded locations only 18.1% of the time

Imagine fitting a satellite-linked tracker to a giant constrictor and expecting a steady stream of locations. Scientists did ...

Burmese pythons are helping scientists investigate invisible pollution in the Everglades: Here's how a destructive invasive predator reveals what is contaminatin…

A 2026 study found PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in the livers of invasive Burmese pythons from Florida’s Everglades.

Forrest Galante, wildlife expert, on invasive species in the U.S.: “The Burmese python problem really is out of control in Florida”

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.

Florida pays this retired US Army veteran $18 an hour to hunt Burmese pythons in the Everglades, a job he has done for 11 years, but finding one is never guaranteed

A retired US Army veteran has spent 11 years hunting invasive Burmese pythons in Florida’s Everglades, earning hourly pay ...

Burmese pythons have established a foothold outside Florida Everglades

Burmese pythons — destructive and invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a foothold outside the Everglades.

9-Foot Invasive Python Slithers into Florida Backyard and Swallows Pet Peacock

A Florida wildlife agent captured a nearly 9-foot invasive snake by hand after the peacock’s owner called for help ...

Researchers release a 16ft and 150-pound female Burmese python into the Greater Everglades to test a technology that might help remove snakes of her own species

Researchers at the US Geological Survey have released a radio-tagged Burmese python into the Everglades. This experiment aims ...