Invasive Burmese pythons have established a new hot spot in Florida

Invasive Burmese pythons have slithered to a new location in South Florida, establishing a colony outside the previously ...
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Florida trackers bushwhack through swarming bugs to reach 10-foot python guarding her eggs

One nesting female represents the next generation of invasive predators.

Florida pythons are edible. There's just one big problem

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...

Florida's Burmese python problem so bad that a record hunt of 294 snakes in 10 days barely made a dent

A record-breaking result from Florida's annual python hunt is drawing attention — but for a sobering reason. Even after 294 Burmese pythons were removed in just 10 days, experts ...

Florida scientists remove more than four tons of burmese pythons, setting new record in everglades battle

Florida scientists removed a record 177 Burmese pythons weighing over four tons, using innovative tracking methods to protect native wildlife from the invasive species.

Forrest Galante, wildlife expert, on invasive species in the U.S.: “The Burmese python problem really is out of control in Florida”

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.
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Burmese pythons have wiped out 98 percent of Florida’s opossums, so scientists are now strapping GPS collars onto the survivors and letting the snakes eat them, becau…

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...