Amy Siewe, a python hunter and guide, said there is plenty to learn. For example, baby pythons that have just hatched are similar in size to the area’s native snakes and can be difficult for non ...

Scout pythons help scientists battle spread of giant snakes as program passes 10th year. ... Bartoszek has built and led the premier Burmese python removal program when it comes to big snakes.

The South Florida Water Management District's new incentive program seems to be working with nearly 100 snakes eliminated so ...

This week a hunter in Collier dispatched a 5½-foot-long snake, the 900th python removed since the program began a year ago, the Water Management District reported Thursday.

Since the Python Elimination Program began, more than 2,500 pythons have been sent to the great beyond under its authorization. In fact, it’s proved so effective the SFWMD is petitioning to add ...

The largest snake was an 18-foot, 4-inch-long adult female Burmese python that weighed 98 pounds, 10 ounces. ORLANDO, Fla. — There is more than one python-hunting army in Florida, but the one ...

The slithery giant weighed in at 120 pounds and is the third snake caught as for the Python Elimination Program that was longer than 17 feet. One man from Homestead had a record-setting catch this ...

It's official. An invasive Burmese python captured in the Everglades over the weekend has broken the state record measuring 18.9 feet long. The previous record was 18.8 feet long.