Burmese pythons are nonvenomous, but they're one of the most destructive invasive species in Florida. Can you shoot them?

Pythons swallow deer, alligators and other prey whole. What they eat is limited in part by how big an animal they can wrap ...

Ball pythons get to be about 4 feet long, while Burmese pythons can reach between 10 and 16 feet long as adults. However, the ...

For example, a bicyclist filmed a Burmese python strangling an alligator in Big Cypress National Park. A 5-foot alligator was found inside of an 18-foot Burmese python carcass during a necropsy. While ...

"The 2010 cold snap may have created a subset of pythons better able to survive cold temperatures — and thus better adapted to spread beyond the northern boundaries of its current range." ...

The big prize is $10,000 for the participant in any category who removes the most pythons. Firearms are not permitted in the Florida Python Challenge because there is no established firearm season ...

Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ball python found in Vero Beach was "friendly" and docile when rescued.