Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced ...

Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...

Taylor Stanberry, 29, of Naples, was the Ultimate Grand Prize winner in the 2025 Burmese Python Challenge. Stanberry captured 60 of the invasive snakes, including 30 hatchlings, and won $10,000 for ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. They're among the largest snakes in the world, averaging between 6 and 9 feet. The longest python ever ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. - More than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that will bring in thousands of dollars in ...

The state of Florida has entered into a public-private partnership with Inversa — a leather company that specializes in invasive species — to support the fight against Burmese pythons. The partnership ...

"It's one anniversary we'd rather not celebrate," the National Park Service said on the 40th anniversary of the sighting. The ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

The snake-catching festival attempts to reduce South Florida’s population of the giant constrictors. Spokeswoman Carli Segelson says so far, the hunt is accomplishing its goals, both in catching ...

MIAMI — On their Florida vacations, Rob Wessels and his family have pursued an array of typical outings — deep-sea fishing, a stroll at the farmers market, tanning at the pool and beach. On the most ...

Florida's Simpsons-like Python Challenge has ended, and the results aren't the greatest. Of the estimated 150,000 Burmese pythons populating the state's Everglades, only 68 pythons were killed during ...