Participants will compete July 10-19 to help remove Burmese pythons from the Everglades and raise awareness about invasive ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...

Nothing says Florida quite like a state agency-sponsored event where participants can win $10,000 in cash by hunting and ...

Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, setting a state record. Her work shows ...

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

Burmese pythons, considered to be "prohibited" invasive predators in Florida, are negatively impact native wildlife ...

Researchers captured 177 invasive Burmese pythons and removed more than 4,100 eggs during a single breeding season in Southwest Florida.

Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.

Professional python hunter Amy Siewe recently posted a video on her Facebook page showing her cutting open a snake's egg to ...

In the chronicles of the natural world, Harriet is an evolutionary success story. For Florida, the nearly 13-foot-long Burmese python is an ecological nightmare. Called the “most interesting Burmese ...