The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to help control the invasive Burmese python population. Hunters must humanely kill captured pythons, and decapitation is not considered a humane ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Invasive Burmese pythons have slithered to a new location in South Florida, establishing a colony outside the previously ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Robert McCleery To target one of Florida's most destructive invasive animals, researchers will be deploying ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's Short Wave podcast. When Skip Maas first adopted Agrapina, a mottled ball python, she hadn't eaten in 14 ...

A pineapple juice marinade for Burmese python meat is an elixir of bromelain that tames and restrains the notorious Everglades invader in a way Florida struggles to do in the wild. Some people prefer ...

Invasive Burmese pythons have slithered to a new location in South Florida, establishing a colony outside the previously established core range, according to wildlife officials. Historically, Burmese ...