Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten days before Christmas, a distraught South Florida homeowner called Michael Ronquillo about a snake in her neighbor’s yard.

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.

In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control efforts.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, originally from Southeast Asia and introduced through the pet trade. The non-venomous constrictors disrupt the ecosystem by preying on native ...