The dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge are set. Take a look at the longest and heaviest Burmese pythons ever caught ...

Right image: A large Burmese python mating ball discovered in the Everglades containing one female and five males. (Image credit: Conservancy of Southwest Florida) Left image: Ian Bartoszek, a ...

Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in 2022. The colossal female python weighed an eye-popping 215 pounds and was ...

While female alligators rarely exceed 10 feet in length, males can grow much larger. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, ...

This March 2022 photo provided by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida shows biologists Ian Easterling, left, and Ian Bartoszek with a 14-foot female Burmese python captured in mangrove habitat of ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that can be humanely killed on private property with landowner permission. Humane killing requires immediate loss of consciousness followed by ...

In December 2021, biologists from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida captured what would become the largest documented Burmese python in Florida’s history. The female snake measured an astounding 18 ...

Burmese pythons — large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes — are native to South Asia, but since they were introduced to Florida, they have become one of the most destructive invasive species the ...

Are invasive Burmese pythons – among the largest snakes in the world – on the gator menu? Before we answer that, let's compare sizes: While female alligators rarely exceed 10 feet in length, males can ...