Professional snake removal experts captured a 30-pound, 6½-foot Burmese python from a Miami-Dade residential area, preventing potential danger to pets and children.

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, causing significant declines in native small mammal populations. Originally introduced through the pet trade, the wild python population in the ...

Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he ...

Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that have significantly impacted the native mammal population. The python population likely became established after escaping breeding facilities ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species from Southeast Asia now established in South Florida. While freezing temperatures can be lethal to pythons, evidence suggests they may be evolving to tolerate ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

Unseasonably cold weather in Florida affects native and invasive reptile species. Iguanas can become immobilized and fall from trees when temperatures drop to between 40 and 50 degrees. Alligators ...