What does a python bite look like? Invasive snake hunter shows battle scars.

Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

An unexpected predator is raiding Burmese python nests in the Everglades

University of Florida researchers documented a surprising new threat to Burmese python eggs in the Everglades, adding to growing evidence that native wildlife is fighting back against the invasive ...

Florida readies to battle invasive pythons with a new video PSA

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...
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Florida scientists confirm Burmese pythons can swallow full-grown deer, alligators whole

Still, scientists no longer consider complete eradication realistic.
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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 ...
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Researchers pulled 8,080 pounds of invasive python from one Florida county

Researchers working in Collier County, Florida, removed 8,080 pounds of Burmese pythons in a concentrated removal effort that ...

Scientists Can’t Explain Why This Python Ate Another Python

It is not uncommon to spot a Burmese or reticulated python constricting and killing prey in their natural habitat. However, ...

After the catch: What some hunters do with carcass of pythons they catch

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.
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Invasive Burmese pythons keep spreading across South Florida, swallowing native wildlife

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Python meat should never be on the menu. Here's why

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...
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Burmese pythons are ‘a South Florida problem rapidly becoming a Central Florida problem’

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...