Touted as the largest python ever documented in Florida when it was captured in August 2012, the 17-foot, 7-inch female weighed 164.5 pounds and carried 87 eggs—also a state record at the time.

The true story of how Jake Waleri found and captured the biggest Burmese python ever in Florida on July 12, 2023.

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese ...

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue says a fire captain removed an invasive Burmese python found in a shed. Wildlife experts say Burmese ...

Adult Burmese pythons slithering around Florida are on average 6-9 feet in length, with the biggest one caught so far being 18 feet long. These massive snakes have severely impacted the ecosystem ...

Since 2000, Florida Fish & Wildlife has killed or removed over 15,000 pythons, with over 1,000 removed every year beginning in 2017. But scientists have no idea how many thousands more there might be.

Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025. The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023. The heaviest python caught weighed ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

The heaviest Burmese python removed from Florida on FWC's record was a 215-pound, 17.7-foot female python that was located in 2021. The longest python FWC has recorded was a 125.56-pound, 19-foot ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. − Hunters in South Florida caught the largest Burmese python ever measured, and the lengthy beast is being examined at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples. The 19 ...

The heaviest Burmese python removed from Florida on FWC's record was a 215-pound, 17.7-foot female python that was located in 2021. The longest python FWC has recorded was a 125.56-pound, 19-foot ...