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

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims ...

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese pythons ...

"It's very difficult to find them and catch them." Officials invest millions to battle highly invasive species wreaking havoc ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is back. The event offers hunters from across the country the chance to win a $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize for removing the most invasive Burmese pythons from the ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

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 ...

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 ...