A female python, 18 hatchlings and 23 unhatched eggs were discovered in the Big Cypress National Preserve, where the invasive species continues to thrive.
Elusive and cryptic are all great adjectives to describe the invasive Burmese python. The apex predator, native to Southeast Asia, is now dominating and out-competing native species, and biologists are trekking into the python's new home to stop its spread.