A 17-foot-long female python, the largest ever captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida's Everglades, took four people to hold it. A team of researchers posted a breathtaking photo of ...

Florida researchers found the nearly 18-foot long, 215 pound female python, the largest ever found outside its native habitat.

Florida Biologists: 122 eggs found in 18-foot python in Florida The python weighed 215 pounds and upon dissection, discovered 122 eggs inside.

That number set its own record for the largest python nest recorded in Florida. “It's awesome to be able to make an impact on South Florida's environment,” Waleri said.

Researcher Ian Bartoszek sifts through dozens of proto-eggs while performing a necropsy on the largest female Burmese python ever discovered in Florida.

The 2025 Python Challenge removed a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Florida ecosystems. The competition drew more ...

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...

She’s massive, invasive and covered in scales: A record breaking 215-pound, 18-foot-long Burmese python has been captured in Florida. The python is the heaviest ever captured in the state, the ...

Florida’s largest ever python has been found. Here’s the untold story of its discovery. An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the quest to rid the Everglades of invasive Burmese pythons ...