South Florida wildlife officials are holding a competition they hope will help eradicate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Python ...

When Hurricane Andrew, a powerful Category 5 storm, ripped through South Florida in 1992, it destroyed a huge python hatchery. The storm flung the hatchlings in their dishes like Frisbees.

Previous efforts to contain or reduce the python population in the Everglades have included a wide array of techniques, including implanting female snakes with trackers, hiring snake hunters from ...

Naples resident Jake Waleria, who is 22 and an amateur python hunter, caught a world-record 19-footer with some friends earlier this month in the Big Cypress National Preserve.