While Burmese pythons pose a potential threat to humans, there have been no recorded fatalities in Florida. Alligator Alcatraz is Florida's recently opened migrant detention center in the Everglades.

'Python Huntress' takes on invasive snakes in the Everglades By Maria Cardona June 10, 20251:37 PM PDTUpdated June 10, 2025 ...

Each October, Florida invites professional and amateur python hunters from around the world into the Everglades for a 10-night competition to see who can remove the most nocturnal snakes.

Florida has seen an increase in pythons killed ever since it started paying contractors year-round to eradicate the snakes in 2017. Without an exact population count to compare against, it’s hard to ...

Hunters are also paid based on an incentive of $50 for each python measuring 4 feet or longer and an extra $25 for each foot measured above 4 feet. About 5,250 pythons have been removed by district ...

In 2023, a Florida woman captured video of a 10-foot alligator in the Everglades eating a Burmese python. In a 2023 USGS study, baby Burmese pythons were outfitted with radio transmitters.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large numbers of ...

OCHOPEE, Florida (Reuters) -Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent -- but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida's Everglades. Within two months she had sold her ...