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

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

The Swamp Apes non-profit group of military veterans goes Burmese python hunting in the Florida Everglades as part of the annual Florida Python Challenge. (AP video: Daniel Kozin) ...

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

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.

Every year, Florida hosts the "Python Challenge." The 10-day event attracts hunters to the Everglades to help remove the invasive Burmese pythons from the local ecosystem. It is organized by the ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ripped off a signature move from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by posing for photos from a python hunt. The Trump appointee shared a series of photos ...