There are anywhere between 100,000 and 300,000 invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) currently slithering through the ...
Florida's annual Python Challenge returns July 10 through July 19, offering $25,000 in prizes while encouraging the public to help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades.
Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.
"It feels like a lot of little needles going into your hand and then tearing through the skin." ...
Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says she doesn't enjoy killing the snakes, she just knows it's a necessity.
"These snakes will eat ANYTHING and are devastating local wildlife." ...
A Florida man was fined for catching an invasive python in Everglades National Park. His case was later dismissed.
The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...
Eric Carle's 'The Greedy Python' offers a lesson on greed that resonates with Florida's invasive snake crisis.
We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in ...
It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...
In roughly two weeks, the 2026 Florida Python Challenge kicks off! Registered participants have the opportunity to win a ...