Long-term tracking shows a Burmese python is rewriting assumptions about breeding, giving new intel for Florida's battle ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition aimed at eliminating invasive Burmese pythons. The challenge takes place in designated breeding grounds in and around the Everglades. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wildlife biologist next to a breeding ball; holding up a Burmese python. (Photographs courtesy Ian Bartoszek / Conservancy of ...

A wildlife biologist was photographed carrying a 153-pound python on Christmas Eve. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is a leader in Burmese python research and removal efforts. Ten Burmese pythons ...

The breeding female python, found in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, contained 73 developing eggs Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

The war being waged against Florida's most notorious pest experienced a recent battlefield victory. It's a sign humans could finally be gaining ground against one of the greatest invasions ever to ...