The state of Florida refuses to let the infestation of Burmese pythons in the Everglades slither out of its grip, and has hired a select team of 25 hunters to deal with the issue. And apparently the ...

Preparations are underway for the latest annual event to combat a persistent invasive species in the Florida Everglades. Starting July 11, contestants will compete for cash prizes while helping ...

A Burmese python infestation in and around Everglades National Park continues to worsen. In the past month or so, farmers plowing vegetable fields in the leased 1,500-acre, state-owned tract known as ...

A wildlife biologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Research Center in Gainesville is one step closer to solving Florida’s python infestation. John Humphrey designed a trap to catch ...

This Veterans Day, python hunter Tom Rahill will have a lot to celebrate. Rahill is the force behind Swamp Apes, an organization that takes war veterans to the Everglades to catch pythons as a way to ...

It can grow up to 23 feet long and weigh more 200 pounds — and it’s knocking at your door. Since the early 2000s, Burmese pythons have established themselves in the Everglades as a result of the ...

When Florida issued a call for python hunters, applications came in from near and very, very far — Iran, for instance, where one man sees a chance to fulfill his childhood dream. Mohammad Asghari is ...

In 2009, I wrote a column in which I expressed my skepticism about efforts to hire trappers to rein in the Burmese python infestation in the Everglades. I predicted the well-intentioned campaign would ...