A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here — the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake that is an invasive species in ...

Pythons specifically are found in many places, including thick rainforests, dry savannas, rocky shrublands, and even swamps. Even though they inhabit a wide range of areas, pythons typically thrive ...

Want to know the history of pythons battling crocodiles in Florida? Learn the fascinating histories of each and how they may ...

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 ...

Only about twice the size of domestic cats, Florida's bobcats may be small in size, but they're big in moxie. Case in point: A bobcat appears to have killed a massive, 13-foot Burmese python in the ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, a nonprofit organization dedicated to land and wildlife conservation, has removed a record amount of invasive Burmese pythons from farming and wilderness areas ...