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

As Burmese pythons threaten Florida habitats, a local program incentivizes residents to assist with capturing and killing them. Aaron Mann won the top prize of $1,000 after wrangling 87 of the snakes ...

Since the python invasion, the Everglades is a “ghost town,” he said. After five years of python hunting, Benoit realized how quickly pythons adapt to their surrounding environment.

Burmese pythons are large snakes native to parts of Southeast Asia that have now become established in South Florida, primarily in the Everglades, as a hugely successful invasive species.

Stanberry, of Naples, is a contract hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. She said she has been hunting pythons for 10 years but this was the first year she entered the ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem.

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

Burmese python invasion: Fighting invasive species The 2023 Florida Python Challenge kicked off on August 4 and hundreds of participants are expected to flock to the Everglades to hunt the ...

As Burmese python sightings continue across South Florida, local trappers are looking into new ways to track down the invasive reptiles.