August was another productive month for the South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program. Starting in January, the SFWMD has awarded $1,000 to the Burmese python hunter who has ...

With Florida's annual Burmese python hunt wrapping up Sunday (July 20) at 5 p.m., the next phase of the 2025 competition will be the announcement of the winners, including the $10,000 grand prize ...

His snake eyes were bigger than his stomach. Florida might have a new ally in the ongoing fight against the invasive Burmese python scourge — chilly weather. Researchers who track the elusive and ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...

The Naples-based nonprofit has been at it since 2013, but its numbers only begin to tell the story. As Ian Bartoszek, the wildlife biologist who oversees the nonprofit's python program, is ...

The largest of the four female pythons captured on the island was around 15 feet in length and she was still full of eggs, according to Mike Kimmel, known as the Python Cowboy. Screengrab from Python ...

PINECREST, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida's roads are known for surprises, but a 14-foot Burmese python might just top the list. A routine patrol turned into a wild encounter when Sergeant Carlos Atola of the ...