“We are hoping to gauge from the python challenge the effectiveness of using an incentive-based model as a tool to ... strategy on how to contain this population,” said Linda Friar ...

According to experts, their wide-ranging appetite has led to the python population’s growth and made it unlikely to be eradicated. However, this has not stopped dedicated Florida residents like ...

MIAMI (CBS4) - Despite record breaking winter cold snaps and drought, the Burmese python population appears to be prospering in the Everglades. After last years cold snaps, researchers theorized ...

The growing Burmese python population in South Florida and into Everglades National Park and its many unknowns have led scientists to the realization that the eradication of the invasive species ...

The growing Burmese python population in South Florida and into Everglades National Park and its many unknowns have led scientists to the realization that the eradication of the invasive species ...

Jan. 11, 2013— -- Florida wildlife officials are launching a snake hunting mission to help curb the growing population of Burmese ... The "2013 Python Challenge" will kick off Jan. 12 in ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Hunters are setting out to help control the growing Burmese python population in South Florida for a profit of their own. Burmese pythons have become a growing ...

Sandfoss also said that this data is part of a long journey to understand the Burmese python's life cycle in Florida to better aid their population mitigation strategies. "Our role as scientists ...

There's a prize of, I think, $1,500 for the most pythons. And there's a price of $1,000 for the longest Python. But you can't cut your long Python into several smaller pythons. That's against the ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Florida is considering a new strategy to cull its Burmese python population by making the invasive snake what's for dinner. An initiative between the state’s Fish and ...