Tag: Burmese pythons

November 5, 2021

TWS2021: Pythons limit bobcat presence in Everglades

A high density of Burmese pythons limits the number of bobcats likely to appear on tree islands—patches of high, dry ground that serve as refuge for terrestrial diversity—in the Florida...

August 31, 2015

Competition Seeks to Manage Invasive Pythons in Everglades

For one month next year, teams in Florida will compete to remove Burmese pythons from the Everglades. They’ll be there as part of the 2016 Python Challenge — an effort...

Burmese pythons
May 8, 2015

Telemetry Reveals Habits of Invasive Pythons in Florida

While one the largest invasive snakes in the world has wreaked havoc on the Everglades ecosystem for several years, very little is known about their movement habits. But a new...