Smithsonian Magazine

Florida Bobcat Kills 13-Foot Python for the First Time on Record. It’s a Sign of Nature ‘Fighting Back’ Against the Invasive Snakes

Burmese pythons—like this one photographed at Everglades National Park—are decimating animal populations in South Florida. NPS / R. Cammauf Burmese pythons in Florida have been known to swallow large ...
Reader's Digest

Meet the Women Who Catch Python Snakes in the Everglades Every Night

Invasive Burmese pythons are squeezing the life out of the Everglades. An unlikely sisterhood of the swamp is taking them on. For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a ...
Jaguars Wire

Where are Burmese pythons in Florida? They're moving north

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...
WSIL-TV

Florida’s Python Challenge is just wrangling snakes for some. But for military vets, it’s a chance to heal

A whole way of life In addition to wrangling the snakes, many python enthusiasts have the “side hustle” of tanning python skin into hides which can be turned into belts, shoes, wallets and more. It’s ...
Tampa Bay Times

Python parasite spreading among Florida’s native snakes

The invasive snakes brought the parasite to Florida. Now it's spreading without them. Enterprise Reporter/Culture The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

'Python Huntress' takes on invasive snakes in the Everglades

Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent — but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida’s Everglades. “I just had this fascination ...