Wildlife biologists in Collier County removed 177 Burmese pythons this breeding season, totaling over 8,000 pounds of snakes, the most since the program began 13 years ago. Ian Bartozsek, a wildlife ...

A staff member at a Windsor, Ont., sewage plant had an unexpected surprise recently when he found a ball python in a collection bin. The snake was first spotted on the Little River Pollution Control ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed a record number of invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades during the recent breeding season. The large snakes ...

Video above: See the week’s top headlines in Tampa Bay NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed a record number of invasive Burmese pythons from the ...

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...

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 ...

The Florida Everglades is one of the most extraordinary ecosystems on the planet, but for the last few decades it has been battling a slithering invasion.Even though Burmese pythons are snakes that ...

Ian Bartoszek may know more about Burmese pythons than anyone who has ever walked Earth. Program director for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida's world-renowned Burmese python capture and removal ...