Wildlife biologists in Florida are doing everything they can to eradicate invasive Burmese pythons, from hosting public ...

Wildlife researchers in Florida have tried lots of methods to remove Burmese pythons from Florida’s ecosystems. The latest ...

Burmese pythons have terrorized the Florida Everglades for years. Scientists are hoping robotic bunnies will end the ...

If the experiment proves successful, an alert could go to a rapid response python elimination team or a nearby hunter.

Researchers are hoping that the new technology will help to crack down on the mammoth snakes that have taken over Everglades ...

Scientists in Florida are trying out an innovative approach to combat the Burmese python problem in the Everglades.

As per the provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act when living specimens of a species listed are seized under the Customs ...

Into the bellies of the Burmese pythons. The snakes hunted the rabbits ruthlessly—the researchers found that 77% of the tracked rabbits were eaten by Burmese pythons, a fact scientists knew ...

The study backed up the findings of 2012 research that concluded the pythons have altered the mammal make-up of the 1.5-million-acre park since 2000. The most severe declines have occurred in the ...

By the end of the year-long experiment, two of the rabbits survived (and likely created some bunnies), and the team was able to document 68 rabbit mortalities. In the park, pythons accounted for ...

R.A. McCleery et al. Marsh rabbit mortalities tie pythons to the precipitous decline of mammals in the everglades. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Published March 18, 2015. doi: 10/1098/rspb ...

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...