Burmese pythons have become their own kind of South Florida celebrity since the South Florida Water Management District began its python control program in March. Since its inception, celebrity-chef ...

Burmese pythons have become their own kind of South Florida celebrity since the South Florida Water Management District began its python control program in March. Since its inception, celebrity-chef ...

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- More than a hundred of these slithery pythons have been caught in the Florida everglades in the last month. They were captured as part of the state's annual python challenge.

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Professional Donna Kalil bagged 56 pythons, the second most overall. Top winners take home thousands of dollars in prize ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...