After 12 years of tracking and hunting Burmese pythons in South Florida, it takes a lot to get Ian Bartoszek riled. A wildlife biologist and the science coordinator for the Conservancy of Southwest ...

Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems and creeping into neighborhoods. The Burmese python, a massive constrictor ...

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida made a Facebook post showing a wildlife wearing a Santa hat with Burmese python on his shoulder.

PROSPERITY — Around two weeks ago, the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office received an unusual call. A large snake was on the loose and was last seen crossing U.S. Highway 76 near Mid-Carolina High ...

It stopped in for a bite. Fast food workers got a large-scale surprise when they spotted a massive python slithering around an In-N-Out burger joint in California. The non-venomous snake made its ...

A snake in southern California was craving more than rodents and birds this week, so it stopped at an In-N-Out Burger drive-thru to get some grub. An employee at the burger chain’s Monrovia location ...

A conservation group in South Florida that’s working to reign in the state’s Burmese python problem announced a new milestone in those efforts Monday. After more than a decade of intensive efforts, ...

Earlier this year, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida passed an astonishing milesone: The nonprofit announced it had taken 20 tons of pythons out of the western Everglade – the rough equivalent of a ...