South Florida has a problem with giant pythons as demonstrated here by a ranger holding a Burmese python in the Everglades. Bob DeGross / NPS Carla Dove, head of the National Museum of Natural ...

Related: The biggest snake in the world (and 10 other giant serpents) Burmese pythons are an invasive species in the Everglades and were introduced at some point in the mid to late 20th century.

have spread across the Everglades and are killing local wildlife. We followed licensed python hunters in Florida who are risking their lives to capture the giant snakes. More from Risky Business ...

Every year, Florida hosts the "Python Challenge." And every year, the 10-day event attracts hunters to the Everglades to help curb the invasive species. But some hunters capture the snakes year-round.

Burmese pythons are spreading northward from their established breeding range in the Florida Everglades. Crossbreeding with ...

How Pythons Kill: Expert Explains Shocking but 'Extremely Rare' Case of Woman Swallowed by Giant Snake Maps shared ... and is contained to the southern tip of Everglades National Park.

A South Florida Water Management District python removing contractor leads a team of python-hunting veterans in the Florida Everglades as part of his nonprofit Swamp Apes. Searching for invasive ...

The conventional wisdom is they were pets that escaped or were released. But there’s mounting evidence that Everglades ...

For years, experts have warned of a giant Burmese python invasion ... For nearly 25 years, Florida's Everglades National Park has been a breeding ground for Burmese pythons, according to a ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says levels of mercury too high for human consumption have been found in pythons removed from the Everglades. It is not illegal to eat the snakes ...

But there’s mounting evidence that Everglades pythons have the ability to migrate north and west from South Florida because they’re crossbreeding, evolving and adapting to other areas of ...