Scientists use male scout snakes to track female Burmese pythons during breeding season

A record 177 Burmese pythons weighing 8,080 pounds and more than 4,000 eggs were removed from Florida this breeding season.

Everglades python hunters break apart 2 'mating balls' as female remains on the loose

Photo Credit: iStock A viral video from the Everglades is putting new focus on a disturbing part of Florida's python problem.
Warriors Wire

Scientist sounds alert over Burmese python predations in Naples

Expert at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida topped their own record for the most tonnage of Burmese python removed from ...
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Slithering success: Florida conservationists celebrate record, 4-ton invasive python haul

One of the most respected nonprofit environmental groups in Florida is celebrating a record-setting python hunting season.
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Florida Python Challenge: Could snake's breeding grounds expand north? Officials monitoring

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For now, the annual Florida Python Challenge takes place at eight competition locations in and around the Everglades, including ...
Sun Sentinel

6,300 pounds of pythons: What one group pulled from the Florida wilderness

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, a nonprofit organization dedicated to land and wildlife conservation, has removed a record amount of invasive Burmese pythons from farming and wilderness areas ...
Naples Daily News

This Santa has a huge python slung over his shoulder, not a sack of toys

A wildlife biologist was photographed carrying a 153-pound python on Christmas Eve. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is a leader in Burmese python research and removal efforts. Ten Burmese ...
Steelers Wire

In Florida, Harriet is 'most interesting Burmese python on the planet'

A Burmese python named Harriet has challenged scientific understanding of the species' reproductive cycle. Harriet produced six clutches of eggs over seven reproductive cycles, a much higher rate ...