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.

The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm.

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.

One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job to pursue her passion.

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge ...

More than 900 people participated in the 2025 Python Challenge, a 10-day snake hunt in South Florida. The catches were monumental this year with 294 pythons captured — the most in the contest's ...

Firefighters in South Florida removed a Burmese python from a home in Homestead, outside of Miami. The reptile has become a ...

And there’s always celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s recipe for diced python in a lettuce wrap with shallots, pineapple, and jalapeno. But the Florida Department of Health has recently ...

Can Anyone Hunt Pythons in Florida? Florida python hunting is something anyone willing to wrangle a massive snake can do. Not only can you legally hunt pythons 365 days a year on private land and ...

The elusive rainbow snake is a nonvenomous species, whose population has declined in recent decades, according to the ...

Florida's popular python hunt is based on a bogus and inhumane quest to banish an invasive species, Bryan Christy argues.

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