Burmese pythons in Florida are changing Everglades in a surprising way: Study reveals giant snakes are spreading seeds

Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades are now understood to be indirectly spreading plant seeds by consuming birds and ...

Florida's giant Burmese pythons are doing more than eating wildlife, they are transforming the Everglades by spreading seeds

Burmese pythons have already earned a reputation as one of Florida's most destructive invasive species, wiping out ...

Why a 13-Foot Python Burst Trying to Eat an Alligator

Burmese pythons have proven to be formidable foes to large wildlife. Consequently, in habitats where the pythons live, there ...

Is it legal to snag a Burmese python in a park? Not always

A Florida man was hailed as a hero for catching an 8-foot-long invasive python, and then fined for it. Where is it legal to ...

Python hunters captured 8,000 pounds of snake. Meet their leader

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade ...

The hidden factory farms behind America’s pet snake boom

From 2018 to 2024, the number of households that own a pet snake rose from about 810,000 to 1.3 million. And the share of ...

Naples scientist, Conservancy document even more Burmese pythons

The situation is dire from an ecological perspective. For years, hunters, hikers and others have for years reported that ...
Palm Beach Post

Florida vultures caught eating invasive python eggs in rare first

Researchers observed vultures eating invasive Burmese python eggs for the first time in Florida. The only other documented predator of python eggs in Florida is the bobcat. Scientists believe the ...
Detroit Free Press

Burmese pythons huge threat to survival of this endangered rodent

Invasive Burmese pythons are threatening the survival of the endangered Key Largo woodrat. The woodrat population has been unstable since Hurricane Irma in 2017, which likely dispersed pythons. Key ...