Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese ...

An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the quest to rid the Everglades of invasive Burmese pythons—including a record-breaking, 215-pound giant. Researchers Ian Bartoszek (left), Ian Easterling, and ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida wildlife biologists are seen here with a female Burmese python that weighed 215 pounds. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida photo A Burmese python nearly 18 feet ...

When Florida issued a call for python hunters, applications came in from near and very, very far — Iran, for instance, where one man sees a chance to fulfill his childhood dream. Mohammad Asghari is ...