Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.

"The Burning Man of snake hunting: it brings the wrong kind of attention to this problem." 🐍 Oscope Labs has unveiled an ...

Scientists in Florida have launched a new offensive against the Burmese python invasion, this time using opossums, one of the ...

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional python hunter to encounter one of the more impressive specimens in the history ...

Carl Jackson noticed something when he turned his truck around on Turner River Road in Big Cypress National Park. It was almost 4 p.m. on Jan. 13. He was on his way back to near where he had just ...

Burmese pythons are one of the Sunshine State's most invasive species and have been an established predator in the Everglades ...

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...

Opossums are being used to fight invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. Here's how researchers are doing it and pythons ...

Opossums are becoming Florida’s secret weapon against giant invasive pythons—thanks to GPS collars and a wild discovery.