Python hunters captured 8,000 pounds of snake. Meet their leader

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.
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Ball python found in Southbury was in danger of being roadkill, animal control says

The snake appeared to be headed onto the busy street when it was found, an animal control officer said.

Win $10,000 for hunting giant Burmese pythons: Inside Florida's unusual annual snake hunt

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...

Navy Pier July 4 fireworks expected to draw thousands to Chicago lakefront

Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch Fourth of July fireworks at and around Navy Pier Saturday as the city ...
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Florida hunter lands one of the state's biggest pythons, a 202-pound female carrying 200 eggs

Catches like this can be a massive win toward slowing the spread of a problematic invasive species.
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Burmese pythons have wiped out 98 percent of Florida’s opossums, so scientists are now strapping GPS collars onto the survivors and letting the snakes eat them, becau…

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...

Forrest Galante, wildlife expert, on invasive species in the U.S.: “The Burmese python problem really is out of control in Florida”

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Giant python found dead after swallowing a porcupine in South Africa

Predators are often judged by the size of the animals they can overpower. Yet in the wild, a successful hunt does not always end with a successful meal.