A South Florida snake wrangler captured the largest reticulated python ever measured in Puerto Rico after getting a report that the invasive snake was trying to eat a pet cat.

A quantitative ecologist is bringing machine learning to Florida's battle against the Burmese python - math versus an invasive ambush predator that has so far flouted other control methods.

Contracted hunters eliminated 181 invasive pythons in South Florida during a recent competition. Brian Hargrove was the overall winner, removing 37 pythons and earning a $600 bonus. Contracted python ...

The study found that targeting large, mature female pythons is key to controlling the population. Optimal hunting conditions include specific moon phases, warmer and more humid weather, and cool ...

Alex Romer holds a captured Burmese python during nighttime fieldwork in the Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area. James Whelpley, UF/IFAS USA TODAY Network, Reuters A ...