Researchers captured 177 invasive Burmese pythons and removed more than 4,100 eggs during a single breeding season in Southwest Florida.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wildlife biologist next to a breeding ball; holding up a Burmese python. (Photographs courtesy Ian Bartoszek / Conservancy of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's python removal team carries a giant Burmese python out of the field. A conservation group ...

A slithering sentinel male python equipped with a surgically implanted tracking device led Florida wildlife biologists to what they are calling a “breeding aggregation” -- or snake sex party. Wildlife ...

Florida scientists are scaling up a novel python-tracking program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The method, discovered accidentally in 2022, ...