https://www.wired.com/story/floridas-war-with-invasive-pythons-has-a-new-twist/
After his bout with the 17-footer back in 2018, Kirkland hauled the dead snake away in the back of his GMC, affectionately named Python 1. Five years later, he now cruises the wetlands in a new

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/largest-burmese-python-ever-found-in-florida
The discovery highlights the persistence of South Florida's decades-old python problem. Burmese pythons , a reclusive apex predator from Southeast Asia, were introduced to Florida in the 1970s

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/26/us/florida-heaviest-python-captured-scn-trnd/index.html
She's massive, invasive and covered in scales: A record breaking 215-pound, 18-foot-long Burmese python has been captured in Florida. The python is the heaviest ever captured in the state, the

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187497592/record-breaking-burmese-python-longest-florida
A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week.To put the catch into perspective, the snake is as

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/us/florida-largest-python.html
An intern with the team, Kyle Findley, dodged a punch from the snake's body, but Ian Easterling, a biologist, wasn't so lucky. The 215-pound Burmese python hit him in the face with her balled

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/07/13/longest-burmese-python-captured-florida-cprog-orig-ht-aw.cnn
00:54 - Source: CNN. Trending Now 18 videos. Massive python lunges at hunter during capture. 00:54. Video shows Chris Brown get rescued while suspended in air after malfunction. 00:36. This dog

https://conservancy.org/conservancy-captures-most-massive-burmese-python-in-florida/
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has announced record-breaking developments in its invasive Burmese python research program with the documentation of the largest python found to date in Florida. The female python measured nearly 18 feet in length and weighed in at 215 pounds. A team of wildlife biologists at the Conservancy recently discovered and captured

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/python-nightmare-new-giant-species-invading-florida
September 14, 2009. • 5 min read. Already squeezed by the invasion of the giant Burmese python, Florida now faces what one scientist calls one of the U.S. state's "worst nightmares." Africa 's

https://www.newsweek.com/burmese-pythons-invaded-florida-100000-roaming-everglades-1720356
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation official holds a Burmese python on March 23, 2021 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Burmese pythons are considered to be an invasive species in the state. Joe

https://www.history.com/news/burmese-python-invasion-florida-everglades
Starting in the 1980s, the swamps of the South Florida Everglades have been overrun by one of the most damaging invasive species the region has ever seen: the Burmese python. These massive snakes

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/invasive-enormous-insatiable-what-we-know-about-the-pythons-destroying-floridas-ecosystem/3071982/
Like many of Florida's native snake species, Burmese pythons are semi-aquatic. However, Burmese pythons being semi-aquatic is a problem because it makes them harder for humans to remove. With

https://www.newsweek.com/burmese-python-florida-largest-invasive-species-1537756
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said the snake measured 18 feet and 9 inches in length—a new record for the Sunshine State. The previous largest Burmese python caught

https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/enormous-burmese-python-killed-in-florida-everglades-was-about-to-lay-60-eggs
A huge Burmese python has been caught in Florida with a clutch of 60 eggs that were "just days from being laid." Hunter Mike Kimmel captured and killed the 16-foot-long (5 meters) snake in the

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/06/us/florida-python-challenge-everglades/index.html
The invasive species known as Burmese pythons. To help combat this problem for Florida's ecosystem, snake hunters are congregating in the hundreds for the Florida Python Challenge. The event

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240318-florida-pays-people-to-hunt-invasive-burmese-pythons
The bounty hunters. For four years, Siewe worked as a python removal agent for South Florida's Water Management District. She'd be paid by the hour - between $13 (£10.22) and $18 (£14.15

https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/python/
The Burmese python is a large nonvenomous constrictor that is an invasive species in Florida. Burmese pythons are found primarily in and around the Everglades ecosystem in south Florida where the snake represents a threat to native wildlife. The FWC works with partners to manage Burmese pythons in a variety of ways.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/16/python-hunters-break-records-after-state-agencies-combine-forces/6316389002/
3:41. NAPLES, Fla. - Less than a year after two Florida agencies combined efforts to remove invasive snakes from the Everglades, contractors caught a record number of Burmese pythons. Florida

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-have-invasive-pythons-impacted-florida-ecosystems
Non-native Burmese pythons have established a breeding population in South Florida and are one of the most concerning invasive species in the area. Pythons compete with native wildlife for food, which includes mammals, birds, and other reptiles. Severe declines in mammal populations throughout Everglades National Park have been linked to Burmese pythons, with the most severe declines in native

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/08/05/burmese-pythons-florida
In the Florida Everglades, Burmese pythons — an invasive species with a ravenous appetite — pose a risk to native wildlife in the area. But one way to tamp down on the species' growing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_pythons_in_Florida
Burmese pythons ( Python bivittatus) are native to Southeast Asia. However, since the end of the 20th century, they have become an established breeding population in South Florida. The earliest python sightings in Florida date back to the 1930s and although Burmese pythons were first sighted in Everglades National Park in the 1990s, they were

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/pythons-florida-invasive-species.html
By Patricia Mazzei. March 14, 2023. MIAMI — So much for all the efforts to slow the proliferation of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades over the last two decades, including with paid

https://news.wgcu.org/news/2022-07-29/you-too-can-help-rid-florida-of-the-invasive-burmese-python
The largest Burmese python discovered in Florida was humanely euthansized by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida to conduct research on the invasive species in Naples, June 22, 2022.

https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/florida/stories-in-florida/stopping-a-burmese-python-invasion/
The Burmese python may reach a length of 26 feet and a weight of more than 200 pounds. The average size of a Burmese python removed in Florida is 8 to 10 feet. The native range of the Burmese python stretches from India to lower China, throughout the Malay Peninsula and on some islands in the East Indies. These pythons usually lives near water.