Scientist on Burmese pythons: 'removing over 24 tons of python locally feels like a dent to me, but I’m biased.' ...

For now, the annual Florida Python Challenge takes place at eight competition locations in and around the Everglades, including portions of Collier County. This year's hunt is underway. It started at ...

A wildlife biologist was photographed carrying a 153-pound python on Christmas Eve. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is a leader in Burmese python research and removal efforts. Ten Burmese pythons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wildlife biologist next to a breeding ball; holding up a Burmese python. (Photographs courtesy Ian Bartoszek / Conservancy of ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has announced a significant milestone: It has removed 6,300 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons throughout its hunting season. According to the conservancy, this ...

Hillbilly Dave Hackathorn, of Waverly, holds a Burmese python he captured in the Florida Everglades. Hackathorn will be in the first episode in Season 5 of “Swamp People: Serpent Invasion” at 9:30 p.m ...

In the dark hours after midnight, a tiny endangered mouse foraged its way through a matrix of subterranean pipes at the abandoned Nike Missile Base in Key Largo. Little did it know that a massive ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

As far as we know, Santa Claus doesn't look for Burmese pythons, but the Conservancy of Southwest Florida wildlife biologist Ian Easterling does. And when he tracked down one of the bigger snakes ...