How Burmese Pythons Are Devouring the Everglades

A new study published in this week's Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences suggests just how big a threat the invasive Burmese pythons have become.

Burmese Python and Other Invasive Species Wrecking the Ecosystem

The Burmese python is wrecking the Florida Everglades ecosystem and have devastated small mammal populations in the area, but its not the only species that is causing harm to the ecosystem.

Burmese Pythons: What to Know

Shawn Heflick, a biologist with the Conservation Rainforest Trust, holds a Burmese Python that was captured during a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission nonnative snake hunt training session on February 22, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Getty Images) more pics » A Burmese python (Getty Images) Florida is under siege, and this time, it has nothing to do with retired Jews from Canada. No ...

Snakes in the grass: Is the Burmese Python wiping out Everglades mammals?

Burmese Python pets that escaped or were released have proliferated in the Everglades. A recent study suggests they are behind the sharp drop in the population of raccoons and other mammals. 

Burmese Civil War Turns Grimmer for a Guerrilla

DUMHPAWNG KAWNG, Myanmar -- When the Burmese soldiers dumped the body of a young ethnic Kachin guerrilla fighter outside a jungle hut in front of his commander, he was still in his uniform. His right hand had been shredded with a knife. There was a large gunshot wound in his stomach.