Burmese pythons can swim, burrow and climb trees and they eat almost anything. Here's what to know about the invasive snake in Florida.

More than 20 tons of Burmese python have now been pulled from the wilds of Southwest Florida by one of the region’s most enduring and effective science teams. In early June, the Conservancy of ...

This includes a scout snake program that fits radio telemetry trackers on 40 male pythons, so they can be tracked to reproductive females during mating season (November through April).

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has announced a significant milestone: It has removed 6,300 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons throughout its hunting season.

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said.

A massive Burmese python tipped the scales at 215 pounds after being captured by wildlife biologists as part of a removal program for the invasive snakes in the Florida Everglades.

This Dec. 2021 photo provided by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida shows biologists Ian Bartoszek, right, and Ian Easterling, center, with intern Kyle Findley and a 17.7-foot, 215-pound female ...

Ian Bartoszek had two pet Burmese pythons of his own when he was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the 1990s. He’d take them to school as hatchlings and track them when the… ...

Biologists Ian Easterling, left, and Ian Bartoszek haul a 14-foot female Burmese python captured in a mangrove habitat of southwestern Florida in March while tracking a male scout snake ...

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long and had 122 developing eggs.