Burmese pythons aren’t native to Florida. These massive constrictor snakes hail from Southeast Asia, but decades of the exotic pet trade brought them stateside. A key moment in their spread came in ...

A python hunter captured the second heaviest Burmese python on record in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The captured female python measured 16 feet, 10 inches long and was found in the Big Cypress ...

Deep in a remote stretch of Everglades National Park, something went horribly wrong for two of Florida's toughest animals. And by the time anyone found out, both of them were dead.

A single snake did not announce what was coming. On October 24, 1979, a python was caught near Everglades Safari Park along ...