Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...

With Florida's annual Burmese python hunt wrapping up Sunday (July 20) at 5 p.m., the next phase of the 2025 competition will be the announcement of the winners, including the $10,000 grand prize ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

Robin Xander's entry in the Tallahassee Film Festival, which takes place Sept. 26-28, chronicles the Florida Python Challenge ...

The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...

Edward Mercer, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission non-native Wildlife Technician, holds a Burmese Python. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images MIAMI -- A 19-year-old South Florida man ...

Florida's first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of permits, including ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant ...

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Florida's first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of permits, including ...