The Cool Down on MSN

Florida woman catches 60 pythons in 10 days, becomes challenge's first female winner

"There were a lot of little baby snakes just getting out of the nest." ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Florida scientists built heated robo-rabbits to flush invasive pythons from hiding

"Our partners have allowed us to trial these things that may sound a little crazy." ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Burmese pythons seen around South Florida homes, raising urban spread fears

With few natural predators in the region, they are able to consume prey ranging from rodents to deer.

In the 1990s, escaped pet Burmese pythons established themselves in Florida's Everglades; by 2012, road surveys found raccoons down 99.3%, opossums 98.9%, an…

Discover how escaped Burmese pythons, originally exotic pets, have wreaked havoc on Florida's Everglades, causing dramatic ...

See photogenic Florida hunters pose with their python 'trophies'

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.
Morning Overview on MSN

Hunters pulled a record four tons of invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades

Hunters working across the Florida Everglades removed a record four tons of invasive Burmese pythons in a single coordinated ...
EcoPortal.net

Burmese pythons have wiped out 98 percent of Florida’s opossums, so scientists are now strapping GPS collars onto the survivors and letting the snakes eat them, becau…

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...
Warriors Wire

Hunting pythons in Florida requires knowing more than you think

It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive ...
Warriors Wire

Cashing in on killing pythons. What do hunters get paid in Florida?

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by ...