Python hunters captured 8,000 pounds of snake. Meet their leader

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Pythons Are Eating Alligators and Everything Else in Florida. Snake Hunters Stand Poised to Help

The Florida Python Challenge, an annual statewide competition that kicks off Friday, will bring hundreds of snake-hunting professionals and novices to South Florida to hunt what wildlife officials are ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

A new way Burmese python researchers are learning how snakes affect the Florida Everglades

Researchers are tracking pythons with accelerometers to learn how they move and eat. Burmese pythons are connected with a 90% decrease in mammals in the Florida Everglades. Conservationists use ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Python blood could hold the secret to healthy weight loss

CU Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The ...