Burmese pythons are using trees to bask during Florida's cooler months with the heavy adult snakes preferring cypress species and live oaks.

Carl Jackson caught this year's heaviest Burmese python in Florida. Could the next catch happen in Palm Beach County?

An invasive species of python has been growing in Florida's Everglades, but scientists may have found a way to fight back: with stuffed animals.

The hatchling-heavy count hints at a bigger trend in the Everglades: Burmese pythons are still spreading and reproducing. That helps explain why Florida crews are putting more focus on nests, eggs, ...

A retired US Army veteran has spent 11 years tracking invasive Burmese pythons through Florida’s Everglades, where a single ...

A retired US Army veteran has spent 11 years hunting invasive Burmese pythons in Florida’s Everglades, earning hourly pay ...

Burmese pythons — destructive and invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a foothold outside the Everglades.

As another python hunting year winds down in Florida, it will be a tall order for any hunter to top Carl Jackson's ...

A giant Burmese python in Florida could potentially swallow a deer weighing more than 120 pounds, according to a study that found the invasive snakes can eat larger prey than scientists once believed.

It's been more than three years since the record for longest python ever caught in Florida was set. Could there be longer pythons out there?

Every month the South Florida Water Management District awards cash bonuses to contracted hunters for the number of pythons ...