Burmese Pythons Invade Florida

Python Proliferation
The National Academy of Science report released Jan. 30, 2012 indicates the increase of pythons coincides with a sharp decline of mammals in the park. Here, Joseph Wasilewski, wildlife biologist captures a wild python on the side of the Tamiami Trail road that cuts through the Florida Everglades on Sept. 16, 2009 near Miami, Florida.

• Postcard from the Everglades