WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A burgeoning population of huge pythons -- many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big -- appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three recent incidents of Burmese pythons slithering around homes in South Florida were captured on video and raise the question ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here's a look back at an unusual sight. A large alligator was caught on video dragging a colossal Burmese python through the water ...

With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the wild in Florida.

A cyclist in Florida's Everglades filmed an alligator consuming a Burmese python. The incident occurred in the Shark Valley area, about 40 miles from Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention facility ...

Florida residents and visitors might expect to see the occasional alligator on a golf course or beach and perhaps even lizards falling from trees now and then, but a recent wildlife encounter in the ...

The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida — 17 feet, 7 inches long and 164½ pounds — was found in Everglades National Park, the University of Florida announced Monday. The snake was pregnant ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission launched its first ever "Python Challenge." More than 800 hunters have registered for the month-long competition aimed at harvesting Burmese ...