Ian Easterling, a biologist with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, captured a 153-pound female Burmese python, one of the largest caught in Florida in 2025. Conservancy of Southwest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida holding a 17-foot, 148 lb female python they captured in an armadillo burrow ...

The South Florida Water Management District is now rewarding hunters for removing python eggs and active nests from the ...

Biologist Ian Easterling, wearing a Santa Claus hat, appeared to be enjoying a stroll through the swampy terrain of Southwest Florida the day before Christmas. In reality, his mission was far ...

The hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades is officially returning this summer, state officials announced today. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will begin at 12:01 a.m. on ...

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...

Florida has launched an unconventional approach to dealing with its invasive python problem. According to CBS News 12 and the Sun Sentinel, research biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove from the ...