In the chronicles of the natural world, Harriet is an evolutionary success story. For Florida, the nearly 13-foot-long Burmese python is an ecological nightmare. Called the “most interesting Burmese ...

Florida's python problem is widely tied to people importing exotic pets and releasing or losing them into the wild.

Native scavengers may be exploiting Burmese python nests to their benefit but it's unclear how often it is happening.