We’ve likely all looked at a simple problem in our lives and thought that it would be an easy fix, only to realize that the ...

Burmese pythons — destructive invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a new foothold outside the Everglades. A population of the pythons is "established" in South ...

Wildlife officials believe the new python population started because of snakes that were released or escaped from captivity Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via Getty Burmese pythons have been ...

Invasive Burmese pythons have established a large population in South Florida, primarily in and around the Everglades. The pythons were introduced to Florida in the 1970s and 1980s through the exotic ...

A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons as payment for a pie. “I’m the first place in the world to accept python as currency,” Dustin ...

As far as Dusty Crum is aware, his Florida restaurant is the only pizza place in the world that accepts invasive Burmese pythons as currency. It's his way of supporting the Florida Python Challenge, ...

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Wildmans Pizza in Florida accepts pythons as payment for free pizza during the 2026 Python Challenge The 10-day event runs from July 10 to July 19 to control invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's Short Wave podcast. When Skip Maas first adopted Agrapina, a mottled ball python, she hadn't eaten in 14 ...

As a genre, the “award acceptance lecture” is little more than a formality and a banality. But there is at least one charming exception to this rule—the talks given by the foremost computer scientists ...

A routine stop in the Florida Everglades quickly became a stark reminder of just how deeply invasive Burmese pythons have taken hold in the wetland. On one island, the Python Cowboy team ...

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