One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here. The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from eight ...

Britney Spears has said her 2001 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) performance with a Burmese python was “even more terrifying than it appeared”. The American singer has written about the experience in ...

Just when you thought you knew everything about one of Florida's least-favorite invasive species, a surprise emerges. Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest ...

Burmese pythons are remarkable predators capable of swallowing prey whole, from fur to bones. Yet, when they excrete, no skeletal remains are visible in their faeces. For years, this puzzled ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem. Burmese pythons ...

The largest Burmese python ever found in Florida has been caught in the Everglades, scientists said on Tuesday, and it contained 87 eggs – also thought to be a record. 14 August 2012 • 9:51am "This ...

Recent sightings and captures of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are they invading urban ...

Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025. The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023. The heaviest python caught weighed ...