Florida scientists removed a record 177 Burmese pythons weighing over four tons, using innovative tracking methods to protect ...

Photo Credit: iStock A viral video from the Everglades is putting new focus on a disturbing part of Florida's python problem.

Florida's python problem is widely tied to people importing exotic pets and releasing or losing them into the wild.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: TheCritterCult During the most recent nesting season in the Everglades, python hunters with TheCritterCult said in ...

"You maybe go out there 50 times and you don't see anything," ...

Scientists in Florida are trying an innovative approach to combat the Burmese python problem in the Everglades. They are using decoy robotic rabbits to lure the invasive species. The South Florida ...

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits that look and smell like the real thing — at least from the perspective of a ...

There are snakes like the ones you see in slithering in your backyard garden on occasion. Then there are snakes like the one Carl Jackson encountered earlier this month. Jackson, who is a full-time, ...

Florida scientists have achieved a major milestone in the fight against one of the state's most destructive invasive species.