Fla. Temperatures Dropped to Dangerous Numbers for Reptiles, But the State's Invasive Pythons Are Hanging On

Burmese pythons have reportedly found a way to adapt to cold snaps in Florida ...

The Science Behind How the Reticulated Python Shimmers Like a Rainbow

Snakes come in all different patterns and colors. With so many habitats, they have evolved to camouflage in with a diverse ...

Meet ‘The Baroness’—the world’s longest wild snake

Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...

It's frosty in Florida. What cold temps mean for invasive Burmese python

When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive ...

WFLA’s Amanda Holly hunts, captures burmese pythons in FL Everglades

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the natural ecosystem by eating the native mammals like ...
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Invasive, enormous, insatiable: What we know about the pythons destroying Florida's ecosystem

It's a danger to our ecosystem that Floridians know all too well. The Burmese python is best known in South Florida for destroying the Everglades — but what makes them such a threat? Because these ...

Pain from python bite? It's like 'a lot of little needles' tearing skin

Python hunters have nothing to be afraid of when it comes to venom and pythons. They are not venomous. But they have very ...

SW Florida Conservancy's expert crew hauls in Burmese pythons by the ton

Scientist on Burmese pythons: 'removing over 24 tons of python locally feels like a dent to me, but I’m biased.' ...

Cashing in on killing pythons. What do hunters get paid in Florida?

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by ...