Florida has achieved another first, this time a record more than 20,000 tons of invasive Burmese pythons have been removed by ...

As the Florida Python Challenge gets closer, let's take a look at the largest Burmese pythons caught in Florida.

Both researchers and native animals are pushing back against the invasive Burmese Python in the Florida Everglades.

A bobcat was documented killing and eating a 13-foot Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Alligators, native snakes, and birds of prey are also known to prey on pythons.

Pythons can consume meals of over 100 percent of their body mass, feeding on more than 85 species, including deer, bobcats, foxes, rabbits, birds, and various reptiles and other native wildlife.

A trio of trappers were patrolling the remote backroads near Everglades City when a 16-foot python jumped out. They teamed up to capture it.

Burmese pythons are native to southeastern Asia, but they began appearing in Florida in the 1970s, according to the South Florida Water Management District.

A trio of trappers were patrolling the remote backroads near Everglades City when a 16-foot python jumped out. They teamed up to capture it.