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 ...

Flanked by a huge writhing snake, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades will begin Aug. 5.People must ...

Recent sightings and captures of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are they invading urban ...

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 ...

The state’s wildlife commission hosts the Florida Python Challenge to incentivize people to track down invasive Burmese pythons that thrive in Florida’s preserved wetlands.

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

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park ...

Python hunting is a new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors on excursions to find the giant invasive constrictors that have overrun the Everglades.

Invasive pythons wreak havoc on Florida ecosystems, and each year the state Fish and Wildlife officials hold a competition for amateur and professional hunters to see who can round up the most ...

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

He’s only been hunting pythons since 2012, when a TV show sponsored a python removal competition. Dusty and his friends have taken it upon themselves to save the Everglades.