In a new study, researchers found that the voracious appetite of the Burmese python can outpace even the reproductive speed of the marsh rabbit, a small brown bunny that seems to have disappeared ...

This growing population of apex predators has put a hurt on local mammal populations—pythons have devastated native marsh rabbit numbers—but it has also created a new, weird, exciting, and ...

A 2015 study on the effects pythons have on the marsh rabbit population in the Everglades gave a dismal outlook. The snakes pose a great risk to the overall ecology of the Everglades, the study says.

Some of the Burmese pythons in the Everglades started out as pets that were released or dumped in the wild, creating a thriving python population. The python has become the top predator of marsh ...

Well, now there’s little doubt left: These invasive pythons (mostly former pets) caused more than three-fourths of all marsh rabbit mortalities during a year-long study. The findings were ...

In a state chock full of invasive birds, fish, lizards and bugs, the Burmese python reigns supreme ... in their bellies — the nearly extinct marsh rabbit, wood storks, deer, even alligators.

The Burmese python is considered an invasive species in the Everglades and has been wiping out other animals such as the marsh rabbit. The concern with eating the snakes is their high mercury levels.

We’ve all but surrendered the Everglades to Burmese pythons, and here’s a word ... Many were on the front lines long before the first marsh rabbit was gulped down by a python.

In a state chock full of invasive birds, fish, lizards and bugs, the Burmese python reigns supreme ... in their bellies — the nearly extinct marsh rabbit, wood storks, deer, even alligators.