A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.

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

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

Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...

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

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.