Burmese pythons in Florida. The invasive snakes number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc and destruction across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades region ecosystem. Native to ...

On a sunny Saturday afternoon in late October, an apex predator slithered through the unmowed grass of an East Central Florida canal bank. The 12-foot-long Burmese python soaked in the sun’s rays as ...

The new year started off with a bang when a python hunter caught a 202-pound female python. That's a lot of meat to eat. But don't do that.

Conservationists are telling anglers to cut the head off a predatory, reptile-looking fish that can breathe air if they find one. The northern snakehead is an invasive fish species with a fitting name ...

A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Jackson is a full-time, contracted Burmese python hunter for the FWC, and just one day before his 202-pound discovery, ...

Experts explain how invasive pythons and other reptiles in South Florida react to freezing temperatures - and why cold weather won't solve the problem.