The reptiles, native to Southeast Asia, are considered an invasive species, and state law requires them to be euthanized ...
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 ...
"Such a beautiful creature ... too bad they're invasive and had to be destroyed soon after picture was taken." ...
Florida alligators are opportunistic feeders with a wide-ranging diet. Invasive Burmese pythons are on the gator menu.
Florida's python problem is widely tied to people importing exotic pets and releasing or losing them into the wild.
Researchers say vultures feeding on Burmese python eggs in the Everglades marks the first documented case of native birds preying on a python nest in Florida.