Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, with a population spread across more than 1,000 square miles of South Florida, including Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve.

Finding them is key to keeping the python population in check. In just over a decade, the Conservancy says it's culled 20 tons of python from a 200-square-mile area of the Everglades.

There’s still a long way to go before the Burmese python problem is fixed, though. The current population is estimated to be between 30,000 and 300,000, but modelling suggests that figure could ...