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Invasive pythons wreak havoc on Florida ecosystems, and each year the state Fish and Wildlife officials hold a competition for amateur and professional hunters to see who can round up the most ...

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The invasive Burmese python slithering around the Everglades, and now in some other places in Florida, is starting to give the alligator a run for its money when it comes to the number of jaw-dropping ...

U.S. Geological Survey biologist Jill Josimovich heads into the Big Cypress National Preserve, using a radio transmitter to find a python implanted with a tracker. On a steamy August day, Frank ...