At the same time, biologists are attempting to remove Burmese pythons. Officials believe there are as many as 150,000 of these large snakes in the Everglades. However, the snakes are a foreign species ...

Some of the creatures are big enough to eat bobcats and small deer. Mr. Van Lent says it is very difficult to find pythons in the Everglades, and hunting them has not proved very effective. “Other ...