Longest python caught in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge was recorded in the Novice category. Plus a look at some of the ...

More than 14,500 pythons have been removed in Florida since 2017 by FWC and hunters. The most pythons removed in a single ...

Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...

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

South Florida Water Management District via AP; AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Robotic rabbits are being used by the South Florida Water Management District to lure invasive Burmese pythons out of hiding.

Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Florida's first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number ...

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in ...

A Florida woman has been crowned the winner of the state’s annual python challenge after raking in dozens of the invasive species in this year’s competition. Taylor Stanberry placed first after ...

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