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.

Everglades python hunters break apart 2 'mating balls' as female remains on the loose

Photo Credit: iStock A viral video from the Everglades is putting new focus on a disturbing part of Florida's python problem.
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Scientist sounds alert over Burmese python predations in Naples

Expert at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida topped their own record for the most tonnage of Burmese python removed from ...
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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 ...
Naples Daily News

This Santa has a huge python slung over his shoulder, not a sack of toys

A wildlife biologist was photographed carrying a 153-pound python on Christmas Eve. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is a leader in Burmese python research and removal efforts. Ten Burmese ...

‘The Python Hunt’ Review: An Entertainingly Garish Documentary Account of a State-Sanctioned Culling Spree

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction 'The Python Hunt' follows a variety of American oddballs in the annual Florida Python Challenge.