Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.

A pair of python hunters stumbled across a python swim party that might offer new insights into their nesting patterns in<a ...

Python hunter Kevin Pavlidis won for the third time in 2025. The competition is sponsored by the South Florida Water ...

Burmese pythons — large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes — are native to South Asia, but since they were introduced to Florida, they have become one of the most destructive invasive species the state ...

Burmese pythons have been a persistent problem in Florida for years, significantly disrupting the local ecosystem. These invasive snakes have few natural predators, allowing their population to grow ...

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

Registration is now open for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, when avid and amateur hunters alike can compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous, invasive Burmese ...

Burmese pythons—like this one photographed at Everglades National Park—are decimating animal populations in South Florida. NPS / R. Cammauf Burmese pythons in Florida have been known to swallow large ...

This video documents the immediate response after a 19-foot python escapes from its enclosure. Cameras follow the realization phase as staff identify signs that the animal is no longer contained.