The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold as pets but were frequently abandoned in the wild once they outgrew their ...

One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here. The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from eight ...

Professional snake removal experts captured a 30-pound, 6½-foot Burmese python from a Miami-Dade residential area, preventing ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has announced a significant milestone: It has removed 6,300 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons throughout its hunting season. According to the conservancy, this ...

Warning: Some readers may find the details of this story disturbing. Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were caught on video killing dozens of pythons and a pregnant ...

Taylor Swift recalled how glammed-up Zoë Kravitz destroyed her Beverly Hills home when the actress lost a pet Burmese python while she was the pop icon’s houseguest during the deadly California ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...