People travel from far and wide to the Florida Python Challenge. They camp in tents, RVs, to catch one of these elusive ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge was held in July this year and when all of the counting was completed, a woman from ...

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 ...

A Florida man dressed in a Santa Claus hat captured a 153-pound invasive Burmese python on Christmas Eve. He shared a photo of the snake slung over his ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.

Python Huntress Amy Siewe holds an invasive 10-foot Burmese Python, originally caught by Harold Antonio Rondon-Mena, while her partner Dave Roberts prepares to measure the snake during a hunting trip ...

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 ...

Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has removed 245 pythons so far in 2025. Brian Hargrove was the top hunter in August, capturing 63 invasive snakes. The program ...

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 ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

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 ...