Biologists use 'scout snakes' to pull record 177 pythons, 4,100 eggs from the Everglades

Biologists in South Florida ended the latest Everglades breeding season with a record-setting round of Burmese python ...
Miami Herald

Florida scientists set record after removing four tons of invasive Burmese pythons

The Conservancy’s python tracking team made the first capture of the breeding season with scout snake #118 “Snaquan” in November 2025, removing a 17-foot, 148 lb female python. Conservancy of ...

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a GPS transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following ...

‘Queen of snakes’ lifts lid on selling £100,000 serpents, nearly having thumb eaten & the species too dangerous to keep

LOOKING after more than 300 snakes on a rural farm, Augusta Sacchetta says she knows every one of her slithery critters’ ...

Scientist sounds alert over Burmese python predations in Naples

Expert at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida topped their own record for the most tonnage of Burmese python removed from the wildlife.
KSL

Neighbors Protest Planned Python-breeding Farm

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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.