Each year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission turns python removal into a public competition. The Python ...

A team of python hunters hauled a 19-foot Burmese python out of a Florida swamp at 1 a.m., setting a new state record for the ...

Searches were most productive between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. during the wet season.

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for how to kill the invasive.

Hundreds of hunters will scour the Everglades for cash prizes as a key window opens to stop one of Florida's most destructive ...

On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to remove as many of the invasive animals as possible from the Everglades. The ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in ...

Wildlife biologists in Florida are doing everything they can to eradicate invasive Burmese pythons, from hosting public hunting challenges and hiring bounty hunters to affixing tracking devices to ...

Some hunters participating in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge will likely get bitten by the invasive snake. One hunter told ...

Experts across the Sunshine State are monitoring an increasing presence of the deadly Burmese Python in the Everglades.