The annual event to combat the invasive Burmese python begins Friday in multiple locations, including the Everglades where it ...

To help control this, every year the state encourages hunters to thin the Burmese snake population with a competition and prizes. But the snakes must be killed humanely, and guns are prohibited. So ...

Pythons are a menace and everything possible is being done to eliminate the invasive snake, including asking the public to ...

The heaviest python ever caught in Florida was an 18-foot, 215-pound snake. It was caught by a biologist with the Conservancy ...

Launched in January to incentivize python hunters to capture and kill the invasive snake, the SFWMD awards $1,000 monthly to the hunter who removes the most pythons. June's winner, Matt Kogo, captured ...

We collected some of the wildest photos from the Florida Python Challenge, held annually to help conserve native critters.

Florida Python Challenge, July 11-20, 2025, has hunters trying to eliminate invasive Burmese snakes. Do they attack or kill humans? Are they venomous?