Pythons strike quickly, rapidly coiling their bodies around and suffocating their prey within mere minutes. The prey is then typically swallowed whole and slowly digested.

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem.

A Burmese python was found in a shed at a home near 280th Avenue and Southwest 141st Street in Southwest Miami-Dade on Monday.

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's python removal program has eliminated over 20 tons of Burmese pythons since 2013. Researchers use surgically implanted radio transmitters in male "scout ...