Scientists use male scout snakes to track female Burmese pythons during breeding season

A record 177 Burmese pythons weighing 8,080 pounds and more than 4,000 eggs were removed from Florida this breeding season.

Record 8,000 pounds of pythons pulled from southwest Florida using sex drive

Biologists removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The biggest ...

Florida scientists set record after removing four tons of invasive Burmese pythons

Researchers captured 177 invasive Burmese pythons and removed more than 4,100 eggs during a single breeding season in Southwest Florida.
WSVN 7News

Biologists announce record removal of 177 Burmese pythons near Naples

A team of biologists says they’ve removed a record number of Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples.The serpents were ...
Warriors Wire

In Florida, Harriet is 'most interesting Burmese python on the planet'

A Burmese python named Harriet has challenged scientific understanding of the species' reproductive cycle. Harriet produced six clutches of eggs over seven reproductive cycles, a much higher rate ...
WPLG Local 10

Slithering success: Florida conservationists celebrate record, 4-ton invasive python haul

One of the most respected nonprofit environmental groups in Florida is celebrating a record-setting python hunting season.
Miami Herald

An unexpected predator is raiding Burmese python nests in the Everglades

Invasive Burmese pythons are considered one of the most destructive species threatening the Everglades ecosystem. FWC A scavenger bird could become an ally in South Florida’s fight against the ...

Pythons join the Rat Race

Dusky rats and water pythons are the two dominant animals on coastal river floodplains in northern Australia. Their ...