Burmese pythons have proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of Florida. How many of the invasive snakes live here and where?

Scientists in Bangladesh have documented a 10-foot-long Burmese python swallowing alive a reticulated python, an unprecedented encounter involving two of the world’s largest snake species.

In 2023, a Florida woman captured video of a 10-foot alligator in the Everglades eating a Burmese python. In a 2023 USGS study, baby Burmese pythons were outfitted with radio transmitters.