Naples Daily News had the opportunity to ask experts about this research. The python research is conducted with the help of Ian Easterling, a biologist at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.

Burmese pythons, one of the world’s largest snakes, are also one of the most problematic invasive species in South Florida.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, which recently published a comprehensive review of invasive python research in Florida, some Everglades-area mammals have all but vanished.

Researchers found a 14.8-foot 115-pound python consuming a 77-pound deer near Naples. The snake became part of a study on the Burmese Python’s gape, which allows it to kill and eat very large ...

But the largest of the snakes Jayne's research partners captured had a maximal gape of 26 centimeters (or 10.2 inches). "That doesn't sound like a lot -- just 18% bigger," Jayne said.

Over the past 12 years, the Conservancy's Burmese python research team has tagged 120 snakes with radio tags to continually study their behavior in the wild.

The annual 10-day competition is held to raise awareness of the Burmese python, an invasive snake, and the damage it has ...

Who is paying for the robot rabbit research? The South Florida Water Management District, which oversees a 16 county region from Orlando to the Keys, has taken a lead in python elimination and is ...