Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contestants in this year's Florida Python Challenge will crunch through South Florida sawgrass during one of the hottest times of ...

Burmese pythons are endangering Florida ecosystems. And when an invasive predator gains ground, the damage can spread throughout the food web, making restoration efforts more difficult and more costly ...

Burmese python hunters slogging through Florida’s muggy southern reaches may find their most valuable tool in the future is more than a keen eye and courage. It could be their cellphone. University of ...

Contestants in this year’s Florida Python Challenge will crunch through South Florida sawgrass during one of the hottest times of the year, harried by triple-digit “feels like” temperatures during the ...

The app will use years of data to predict when and where hunters are most likely to find the invasive snakes. Previous research found the best time to hunt is between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. during the wet ...

Moving the annual competition from January to July significantly increased the number of pythons captured. The timing of the challenge also coincides with the python hatching season, leading to more ...