This Instagram post of a Burmese python eating a 77-pound white-tailed deer is quite horrifying. It teaches us a lot about the power of these incredible but invasive reptiles. At the same time, it ...

South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

Imagine stepping into the heart of the Florida Everglades, surrounded by shimmering sawgrass and the haunting calls of wading birds, only to realize you’re walking through a battleground. This isn’t a ...

Florida 'Python Huntress' Amy Siewe, explains what it feels like to be bitten by the invasive Burmese python.

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...

Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida Everglades history. They can swim, burrow and climb trees, and they eat almost ...

Researchers are tracking pythons with accelerometers to learn how they move and eat. Burmese pythons are connected with a 90% decrease in mammals in the Florida Everglades. Conservationists use ...

A nonprofit environmental organization based in Naples, Florida, is going after large invasive snakes with full force. On Monday, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced a record-breaking ...

A post‑meal compound found in python blood curbed appetite in lab mice, hinting at future weight loss therapies.

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...