"These snakes have been very difficult to find, and this may prove to be an efficient tracking method." ...

Burmese pythons are fairly distinct once they reach adulthood. But smaller members of the species can be mistaken for native ...

A highly venomous coral snake was sliced open by a Florida surgeon, and what he found has stark ramifications for Florida’s vast snake population. The snake had three large parasitic worms in its tiny ...

Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.

The state pays 100 contractors to hunt the pythons, which are cryptic and hard to locate. "It's not the pythons' fault that they're here, but they do have to go," one python hunter said. Amy Siewe has ...

EVERGLADES CITY, Fl. (KDKA) -- A Pennsylvania native was one of five men who fought the second heaviest python caught in Florida. State College native Carter Gavlock now lives in Florida where he ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. — Alex McDuffie grew up chasing and catching snakes across the Tri-State, but he recently caught his biggest yet in south Florida. "I've been catching snakes my whole life and I've been ...