Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...

"This is a South Florida problem that is rapidly turning into a Central Florida problem." ...

A record-breaking result from Florida's annual python hunt is drawing attention — but for a sobering reason. Even after 294 Burmese pythons were removed in just 10 days, experts ...

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

Still, scientists no longer consider complete eradication realistic.

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums.

Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums. Because opossums are one of the snakes' favorite prey, scientists discovered ...

Python hunting occurs year-round in Florida to combat the invasive species disrupting the Everglades ecosystem. The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program pays hunters to ...

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

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...