Florida scientists used female Burmese pythons as live bait to search for invasive male Burmese pythons in the Everglades, but 3 million camera trap photos detected only 4 pythons

Florida scientists used female Burmese pythons as live bait to search for invasive male Burmese pythons in the Everglades, but 3 million camera trap photos detected only 4 pythons

In February 2025, conservation biologists discovered a 16-foot, 135-pound female Burmese python while radio-tracking a male scout snake in Southwest Florida. Florida scientists used female Burmese pythons as live bait to search for invasive male Burmese pythons in the Everglades, but only four pythons were detected in 3 million camera trap photos.A study published in … Read more