For the first time, a woman won the Florida Python Challenge in July and collected her $10,000 reward this week. More than 900 people from 30 different states and even some from Canada participated in ...

The snakes have been officially counted and we have a winner for the 2024 Florida Python Challenge. On Tuesday (Sept. 17) the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced that this year ...

Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 Burmese pythons. The annual competition aims to control the invasive python population in Florida. This is the ...

A hunt for invasive feral hogs on New Year’s Day turned into a rescue of a feathered Florida native that looks like a Dr. Seuss creation, or a faraway exotic species or an escaped zoo animal with an ...

Half of the winners in this year’s Python Challenge were women, the highest number of huntresses to take home prizes in the annual contest that pits wits and skill as much as muscle against the ...

Burmese pythons—like this one photographed at Everglades National Park—are decimating animal populations in South Florida. NPS / R. Cammauf Burmese pythons in Florida have been known to swallow large ...

Florida's struggle against Burmese pythons has seen the removal of over 1,000 snakes, weighing nearly 20 tons, since 2013. These invasive predators threaten the Everglades' ecosystem by decimating ...

King cobras and pythons differ significantly in various aspects such as size, weight, habitat, physical appearance, behavior, hunting methods, and lifespan. King cobras, known for their venomous bite ...