MIAMI (CBSMiami) – It's official. An invasive Burmese python captured in the Everglades over the weekend has broken the state record measuring 18.9 feet long. The previous record was 18.8 feet long.

A Florida duo known as the "Glades Boys" have captured the state's longest-ever recorded Burmese python, measuring 19 feet long and weighing 125 pounds. The record catch of the invasive species was ...

State officials hailed the 2016 Python Challenge as a success Saturday as they recognized winners in several categories. More than 1,000 people from 29 states took part in the month-long competition, ...

Nearly 200 Burmese pythons were removed from the Everglades in South Florida in August as part of an annual competition to eradicate the invasive species from the ecosystem. This year’s Florida Python ...

A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have happened before, though ...

Researchers are constantly learning more about these adaptable, invasive snakes, which have continued their spread northward in recent years. It started in the 1990s in southern Florida. Anglers and ...

A Florida man with near-unmatched gumption for slaying snakes was awarded $1,000 through a new state incentive system for capturing a staggering 87 invasive pythons in just one month. Aaron Mann ...

Snake hunters have captured a massive Burmese python in Florida that is the largest specimen of this invasive species ever caught in the state. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...