It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking.

Burmese pythons aren't native to Florida - they're an invasive species that's been disrupting the Everglades ecosystem for decades. The snakes, which can grow over 18 feet long and weigh more than 200 ...

With hourly fees and per-snake bonuses, python contractors are helping remove invasive constrictors from the Everglades. Here ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.

Naples-based Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s python hunters smash records, removing massive invasive snakes to protect ...

Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...

The South Florida Water Management District has launched an unusual experiment to combat one of the region’s most destructive ...

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

Police in Pinecrest captured a 14-foot Burmese python on U.S. 1, with the event underscoring invasive species issues.

Florida has deployed a new weapon in the Everglades’ ongoing crusade against the invasive and prolifically deadly Burmese python: an army of robot rabbits. Stanberry claimed $10,000, FWC’s top prize ...