Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. To help boost those numbers, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

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 pet trade when owners illegally released them.