/tags/burmese-pythons burmese pythons en-US WLRN Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:00:00 GMT /environment/2022-12-01/florida-wildlife-officials-want-more-funding-to-target-invasive-pythons Florida wildlife officials want more money to eradicate invasive Burmese pythons and increased penalties for people who illegally import and release venomous reptiles. Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:00:00 GMT /environment/2022-12-01/florida-wildlife-officials-want-more-funding-to-target-invasive-pythons Jim Turner /news/2022-08-22/it-takes-a-python-to-find-a-python-how-researches-bagged-the-heaviest-python-in-florida-history Researchers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida used one of their 40 male pythons outfitted with a radio tracker to find the snake. Tue, 16 Aug 2022 19:15:11 GMT /news/2022-08-22/it-takes-a-python-to-find-a-python-how-researches-bagged-the-heaviest-python-in-florida-history Jenny Staletovich /news/2022-08-05/its-that-time-of-year-again-to-hunt-pythons-in-florida The 2022 Florida Python Challenge kicks off Friday, as part of a drive to eliminate the large snakes that threaten native wildlife in the Florida Everglades. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:30:00 GMT /news/2022-08-05/its-that-time-of-year-again-to-hunt-pythons-in-florida News Service of Florida /local-news/2022-06-23/florida-team-hauls-in-18-foot-215-pound-burmese-python A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long and had 122 developing eggs. Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:52:30 GMT /local-news/2022-06-23/florida-team-hauls-in-18-foot-215-pound-burmese-python The Associated Press /show/sundial/2020-03-03/heard-on-sundial-a-guatemalan-migrant-camp-a-python-hunter-and-composer-ellen-taaffe-zwilich On this Tuesday, March 3, episode of Sundial:Guatemalan migrant camp in South Miami-DadeDeep in South Miami-Dade, tucked between nurseries, vegetable… Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:17:04 GMT /show/sundial/2020-03-03/heard-on-sundial-a-guatemalan-migrant-camp-a-python-hunter-and-composer-ellen-taaffe-zwilich /2019-10-14/new-camera-could-help-florida-in-fight-against-pythons Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:11:05 GMT /2019-10-14/new-camera-could-help-florida-in-fight-against-pythons The Associated Press /show/sundial/2019-07-22/zoo-miami-explores-innovative-techniques-to-manage-invasive-pythons Invasive snake populations in the Everglades continue to have devastating impacts on the ecosystem. Burmese Pythons, North African Pythons and Boa… Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:22:08 GMT /show/sundial/2019-07-22/zoo-miami-explores-innovative-techniques-to-manage-invasive-pythons Chris Remington /environment/2019-04-12/pythons-eat-everything-now-scientists-think-theyre-targeting-everglades-wading-birds Burmese pythons, the voracious invader of the Everglades blamed for wiping out small mammals, may now be feasting another marsh resident: wading birds.A… Fri, 12 Apr 2019 21:35:08 GMT /environment/2019-04-12/pythons-eat-everything-now-scientists-think-theyre-targeting-everglades-wading-birds Jenny Staletovich /health-news-florida/2017-05-17/lt-gov-lopez-helps-hunt-burmese-pythons Wed, 17 May 2017 12:30:00 GMT /health-news-florida/2017-05-17/lt-gov-lopez-helps-hunt-burmese-pythons The Associated Press /news/2016-09-22/hatchling-pythons-discovered-in-the-keys Burmese pythons have established themselves in the Everglades — and now they appear to be breeding in the Florida Keys, according to state and federal… Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:52:45 GMT /news/2016-09-22/hatchling-pythons-discovered-in-the-keys Nancy Klingener