The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.

Professional python hunter needed his family’s help to wrest the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python on record out of the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he ...

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FILE - A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration at a media event for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge, June 16, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Governor Ron DeSantis shared the spotlight Tuesday with an 11-foot Burmese python, making it clear the fight to protect the Everglades from invasive species only continues.

In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control efforts.

The 202-pound Burmese python was caught by Florida resident Carl Jackson ...

The team, half of whom are women, captures alligators for health checks and tracks invasive Burmese pythons. Researchers use technology like radio telemetry, drones, and thermal cameras to manage ...