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Record year for Burmese python program means fewer snakes, more hope for native wildlife

The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated native wildlife throughout much of South Florida. Its presence is directly ...

Burmese pythons are adapting, evolving and slithering around these parts of Florida

There’s mounting evidence Everglades pythons can migrate north and west from South Florida. Have they invaded Palm Beach ...

Python hunter's one-month killing spree sets new standard for snake incentive program

The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the ...

Video shows gator chomp on invasive python, swim away with it in its jaws

Footage shot in the Florida Everglades shows a large alligator gliding through water with a massive Burmese python clutched ...

Gator devours massive python in Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz

An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz ...