Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Female Burmese python (14.8' 115lbs) consuming adult white tailed deer in southwestern Florida Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history.

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

Burmese pythons have proven to be formidable foes to large wildlife. Consequently, in habitats where the pythons live, there is truly no animal safe from being hunted. However, sometimes pythons attempt to eat prey that is too large for them to handle.

CUTLER BAY, Fla. — A South Florida man taking a morning stroll discovered a Burmese python and a nest containing 20 eggs that were tucked away underneath a sidewalk. Eyi Danielo was walking in the Miami-Dade County town of Cutler Bay on May 23 when he ...

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science stepped in.