Each year, the challenge brings together wildlife officials, seasoned python hunters, and volunteers to restore Florida's ...

I moved to Florida when I was 6 years old. I grew up catching toads and snakes and going fishing, and I just continued to ...

Recent sightings of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are these massive snakes invading urban ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Taylor Stanberry removed 60 invasive Burmese pythons ...

Invasive Burmese pythons are squeezing the life out of the Everglades. An unlikely sisterhood of the swamp is taking them on. The post Meet the Women Who Catch Python Snakes in the Everglades ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida teenager’s first time participating in the Florida Python Challenge has secured his place in python-catching history after he helped reel in one of the ...

Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes.

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge between July 11 and July 20. She brought in 19 during the 2024 contest when ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center ...

Brains versus brawn would bag a python, Chris Harmon was convinced. But after three weekends of peering at the Everglades through an infrared camera that registers animals’ body temperatures ...

MIAMI — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday the state’s annual contest for catching Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The contest will run from July 9 to 18 and will include prizes ...