How Giant Pythons Became Florida's Biggest Invasive Species

The cult origins of one of Florida's most dangerous invasive species

Nearly all of these invasives have a similar origin story - bought by a collector, then escaped or turned loose because it got too big or too ...

The Biggest Pythons Ever Caught in Florida | Field & Stream

Jake Waleri of Naples found the massive snake somewhere inside the Big Cypress National Preserve—a 729,000-acre swamp that's home to a diverse array of native ...

Nonnative Species in the Everglades - Florida Python Challenge

Many invasive reptile species in Florida, such as the Burmese python, have been introduced to Florida through the pet trade. ... become invasive, causing ...

She's One of Florida's Most Lethal Python Hunters—but the Invasive ...

And though they don't belong there, Florida, with its year-round warmth and plentiful prey base, suits the giant reptiles. Had they been ...

Massive Pile Of Invasive Burmese Pythons Found Mating In Florida

Florida wildlife experts encountered a massive gathering of Burmese pythons, with a 7-foot-wide, 500-pound pile found in a Naples marsh.

The Snakes That Ate Florida - Smithsonian Magazine

State and federal agencies enacted large-scale measures, still in progress, to try to improve the situation. Burmese pythons are simply the latest in a series ...

How Have Invasive Pythons Impacted Florida Ecosystems?

Much like the Burmese python, the reticulated python is considered an invasive species. ... largest recorded Burmese Python in Florida.

A python invasion has exploded out of the Everglades - WUSF

Snakes from Thailand and Myanmar began showing up more and more in the States, including South Florida. By the end of the decade, there was ...

Florida works to cull invasive Burmese python population in the ...

It's one of several ways that Florida is working to combat the invasive species. The Burmese python population exploded in the mid-90s after ...

Burmese python invasion spreading in Florida and no ... - Univision

The study called the state's python problem “one of the most intractable invasive-species management issues across the globe,” adding that the python population ...

Pythons Florida: Mating ball nets 500 pounds of snakes in Everglades

Conservancy scores big win against Burmese pythons - most wanted invasive species in Florida ... The new year is just over two months old, but ...

Invasive Burmese pythons eat their way through southern Florida

Burmese pythons are generalists and don't rely on a specific prey species. Because of this behavior factor, they pose a huge threat to native ...

Invasive Burmese Pythons Could Move as Far North as Canada

The snakes got into the wilds of southern Florida through the pet trade. Owners either released them illegally or they got out of enclosures on ...

Big but nearly invisible in the wild, officials give up on evicting ...

Last year, Florida organized a month-long hunt, called the Python Challenge, and enlisted volunteers to help remove its top-priority invasive ...

Python Invasion | Monicalasky

Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) is an invasive species in southern Florida, occupying most of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem.

See the large python captured that helped a Florida man win $10000

The giant Burmese python snakes are native to Southeast Asia but were introduced to South Florida through accidental escape or intentional ...

Florida Python Hunters Remove Invasive Snakes That Kill Native ...

First detected in the wild in Florida in the late 1970s, the pythons didn't become a noticeable problem until the '90s. They most likely ended ...

Pythons, invasive and hungry, are making their way north in Florida

Pythons became popular exotic pets in the United States in the 1970s. Some eventually grew so large that their owners released them into the ...

Severe mammal declines coincide with proliferation of invasive ...

Invasive species represent a significant threat to global biodiversity and a substantial economic burden. Burmese pythons, giant constricting snakes native ...

Invasive species are transforming the Everglades

Pythons aren't the only species in the Everglades that doesn't belong there. In fact, South Florida tops the charts among non-island regions for ...