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

A tool created by University of Florida researchers aims to guide invasive Burmese python removal by helping hunters prioritize snakes for removal.

In 2024, University of Florida researchers developed a DNA test that detects four invasive snakes in water and soil. Field ...

A quantitative ecologist is bringing machine learning to battle against the Burmese python — math vs a predator that has flouted other methods.

Contracted hunters eliminated 181 invasive pythons in South Florida during a recent competition. Brian Hargrove was the ...

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

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

A Victorian man who tried to smuggle pythons, iguanas and tarantulas into Australia has been sentenced to four months' ...

Decades of sea turtle captures at a Florida nuclear plant reveal how green turtles and loggerheads change their coastal habits as they grow.

A 202-pound Burmese python caught in January 2026 is the heaviest captured in Florida so far this year. This python is the second heaviest ever caught in the state, with the record being a 215-pound ...

Time is running out in 2026 for any Florida Burmese python hunter looking to top what Carl Jackson did in Big Cypress National Park this year. So where might they find the pythons usually spotted in ...

Two teenagers have died after a makeshift ferry assembled from plastic drums capsized while a group of students were crossing ...