As Florida embarks on a mass hunt to catch as many pythons as possible in South Florida, the invasive snakes continue to slither every now and then through Brevard, and have been for years. According ...

Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

Want to hunt Burmese pythons in Florida? Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge — a ten-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida — are set. Burmese pythons wreak havoc on ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This story, from the Palm Beach Post archives, was originally published in 2017. The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is going on now through Aug. 18. Burmese pythons have become their own ...

The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...

Hall is the author of Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World Hall is the author of Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World During my childhood in ...

Scattered throughout the python hot spots among the cypress and sawgrass of South Florida is the state’s newest weapon in its arsenal to battle the invasive serpent —a mechanical lure meant to entice ...