The snakes first came to Florida when a hurricane blew off a python breeding center. Ever since they have been breeding like ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. - More than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that will bring in thousands of dollars in ...

The FWC and Inversa partner to control Burmese python population in the Everglades. Kills tripled this July compared to last July, but hunters say we haven't made a dent. Have you gone hunting? The ...

Taylor Stanberry, 29, of Naples, was the Ultimate Grand Prize winner in the 2025 Burmese Python Challenge. Stanberry captured 60 of the invasive snakes, including 30 hatchlings, and won $10,000 for ...

Need a few extra bucks? Maybe you can make those extra dollars hunting pythons! The Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission is teaming up with the Everglades National Park to expand the state’s ...

Liars, liars: In regard to Kyle Swenson’s January 17 story, “Snake Charmers,” there has never been an attack on a human by a python in the wild. All we need are beer-drinking hicks who have no ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced ...

Siewe, who is well known in South Florida’s python-hunting community, is pioneering new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors like the Wessels on excursions to find ...

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 ...

The state of Florida has a bounty out on invasive pythons, luring amateur snake killers into the Everglades for a month-long hunt. Hilarious, right? Not to those who say it encourages cruelty and does ...

On a muggy summer evening, Elle Barbeito’s gaze lands on a blur of grass and cypress trees as she cruises down a dirt road in the Everglades. She pulls her black hair into her teal tie-dye hoodie to ...