Python hunting is a new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors on excursions to find the giant invasive constrictors that have overrun the Everglades.

"They are like a mouthful of hyper dermic needles," is how the Python Huntress Amy Siewe described being bitten by a python. And she should know.

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

At the center of it is Amy Siewe, a former luxury real estate broker who traded listings for swamp boots and snakes — and now leads elite eco–tourism hunts capturing one of Florida's most ...