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

A Florida man dressed in a Santa Claus hat captured a 153-pound invasive Burmese python on Christmas Eve. He shared a photo of the snake slung over his ...

A Burmese python nest has been raided in Florida, as efforts to remove the invasive species continue. Officer Matthew Rubenstein from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) was on a ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge was held in July this year and when all of the counting was completed, a woman from ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

The Florida Python Challenge is less than two months away, but in Florida, being prepared to run into a Burmese python is always handy. The 10-day competition encourages novice and expert hunters to ...

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

The largest of the four female pythons captured on the island was around 15 feet in length and she was still full of eggs, according to Mike Kimmel, known as the Python Cowboy. Screengrab from Python ...

Python hunters will slither their way into eight competition locations across Florida for this summer's Florida Python Challenge. From July 11-20, participants will be able to take part in a ...