Temporary ceasefires announced by warring groups in Myanmar in the wake of last week’s devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake represent a rare de-escalation of a conflict that since 2021 has taken thousands of lives and uprooted more than 3 million people.

Invasive Tegus eat vulnerable species like the American crocodile, Key Largo woodrat and juvenile gopher tortoises

A wife-husband snake hunting team celebrated their love by bagging a massive snake on the week of Valentine's Day.

Floodwaters from Hurricanes Helene and Milton may have accelerated the spread of invasive wildlife and plant species into new areas of Florida and Georgia, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed Tuesday in a news release.

There's a new twist in a growing mystery in the Florida Everglades.

For years, the Burmese python has run rampant in the Florida Everglades.

Scientists from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida found a Burmese python who ate a full-size white-tailed deer.

Florida's Python Challenge is officially over, with several winners being announced on Tuesday.

The winner of the Florida Python Challenge removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Everglades.

Last month, a local zoo received an email about a 13-foot albino Burmese python being kept at a home in New Hartford, New York. But it’s illegal to own a python in New York state without a permit.

A 13-foot (4-meter) Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank.

In the dead of night, hunters go deep into the Florida Everglades, searching for the invasive Burmese pythons that are eating up mice, rabbits and other prey.

The annual Florida Python Challenge this year begins the competition between hunters to capture the most and longest Burmese pythons.

Burmese Pythons are slithering all over the Everglades, but beginning on Friday, Aug. 9, adventurous Floridians can start removing them from the Florida Everglades.

Burmese Pythons are slithering all over the Everglades, but beginning on Aug. 9, adventurous Floridians can start removing them from the Florida Everglades.

A relaxing day at the pool took a terrifying turn near Fort Myers after a woman spotted a massive snake slithering close to her.

The 2023 Florida Python Challenge has named its winner as the competition came to a close Friday morning.

Unwanted guests are slithering all over the Everglades, but beginning Friday, adventurous Floridians can start handing them eviction notices.

Unwanted guests are slithering all over the Everglades and training to remove them in anticipation of the 2023 Florida Python Challenge begins on Thursday.

A python hunting crew, whose exploits have attracted thousands of fans on social media, just bagged the longest documented Burmese python ever caught in Florida.

One of the most famous python hunters of them all in the Florida Everglades made a catch of a lifetime.

Registration opened Wednesday for the 2023 Florida Python Challenge.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s deputies helping out after Hurricane Ian in Collier County responded to a call they don’t usually get at home.

The 2022 Florida Python Challenge names its winners as the competition comes to a close.

More than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that will bring in thousands of dollars in prize money.

A python contractor and a Florida wildlife officer hit the motherlode in Big Cypress National Preserve Monday night, finding two female Burmese pythons, nearly 20 hatchlings and nearly 100 hatched and unhatched eggs amid efforts to rid Florida of the invasive species.

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest female Burmese python ever captured in Florida.

Florida's annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades is slated to begin Aug. 5.

Albert Pardo said his dog, Archie, first noticed the reptile.

The United States and six other nations are calling on the international community to suspend all assistance to Myanmar’s military, and expressing grave concern over reports of human rights abuses by its security forces.

The 2021 Python Challenge kicks off Friday, and is part of an effort to remove invasive Burmese pythons from Florida’s ecosystem.

Police say a man in Austria was bitten by a 1.6-meter (5 1/4-foot) python during an early-morning visit to the toilet at his home.

Professional python hunters and amateurs alike can win prizes in Florida’s annual hunt for the Burmese pythons that are ravaging the state’s native species.

Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Thursday morning in the Everglades to kick off the start of registration for the 2021 Python Challenge.

This photo shared on social media by the state's wildlife commission shows Truman, a dog that caught the first wild Burmese python as part of Florida's new canine program. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida is now using trained dogs to sniff out troublesome pythons, and Truman the python-hunting black Labrador retriever recently tracked down his first snake as part of a new Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission program. Truman and another dog named Eleanor are trained to detect a python’s scent and alert handlers when they’ve come across one. The first success was last week when Truman found an 8-foot Burmese python in the Rocky Glades Public Small Game Hunting Area in Miami-Dade County. “Python-scented towels and live pythons with surgically implanted trackers were used to train the dogs on python scent.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Invasive Burmese pythons could be the next white meat. Just ask Donna Kalil, an experienced python hunter who has made jerky, stews, and even cookies using the meat and eggs from the reptiles. “It’s good white meat. “We are pursuing this project because we know there is an interest in consuming python meat,” said spokesperson Carli Segelson. Any python removed from the Everglades and killing native wildlife, Kalil said, is a win for the environment.

DANIA BEACH, Fla. – Authorities say a 10-foot Burmese python was removed from under the hood of a car in Dania Beach. “Our officers responded and safely captured and removed the approximately 10-foot invasive snake,” the tweet said. The FWC asks the public to report sightings of Burmese pythons or other invasive species by calling their hotline at 888-Ive-Got1. In an effort to rid the Sunshine State of the invasive species, the agency has several programs that allow public participation in Burmese python removal and management efforts. Click here to learn more about pythons, removal efforts and how they are affecting Florida.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Two Burmese python hunters from Fort Lauderdale broke a Florida record with an 18.9-foot female phyton. “Every single python that we take out is one less consuming our native wildlife, and that is what’s it’s all about," Pavlidis said. “The second I turned, my heart dropped out of my chest.”The python was in the water. Officials with the FWC and SFWMD said the python was the largest hunters had ever caught and removed from the Everglades. The FWC and SFWMD reported hunters with the elimination program have removed more than 5,000 pythons from the Everglades ecosystem.

OCHOPEE, Florida (CNN) - What would you do if you encountered a 98-pound Burmese python while out on a hike in Florida? The captors are members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Python Action Team. The Python Action Team was created by the commission to lead python control efforts. These team members are paid to find and capture Burmese pythons in regions throughout south Florida. "Removing 900 pythons is a great milestone for our Python Action Team!"

FLORIDA EVERGLADES - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is once again warning people about the effects the invasive Burmese python is having on the state's native wildlife after a large python was photographed constricting a white pelican in the Everglades. According to the FWC, biologists from the University of Florida came upon the scene while surveying for endangered species in the Everglades. "With a nine-foot wingspan, they are one of the largest bird species in the Sunshine State," the FWC posted on social media. FWC officials said people can help with the python situation by joining the Python Action Team Removing Invasion Constrictors (PATRIC). Anyone, however, can win a prize for removing and humanely killing pythons that are found on private and participating public properties throughout Florida.

A Burmese python recently captured in the Big Cypress National Preserve by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission is the second largest snake ever removed by the agency. The state wildlife agency tweeted images showing Python Action Team Member Kevin Reich posing with the massive python, which measures a staggering 17 feet and 9 inches long. Thanks to leadership from @GovRonDeSantis, our #Python Action Team is on a roll! This is the second largest #snake they have caught! Full story: https://t.co/xK721HvD8Z pic.twitter.com/Y9yEAzBIet MyFWC (@MyFWC) August 26, 2019Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.