The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.

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

"This is a South Florida problem that is rapidly turning into a Central Florida problem." ...

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

Case dismissed, but fight spotlights clash between aggressive invasive species threat and federal park rules on handling ...

MYAKKA CITY — Florida got its first official glimpse of a wild Burmese python on Oct. 24, 1979. Nobody knew where it came from. Maybe it had escaped its owner, a reptile fetishist, perhaps. Maybe it ...

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.

Two Sanford police officers responded to an unusual call on June 22 after a large ball python was discovered inside an ...

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

Florida is known nationwide for boasting a myriad of eclectic residents, diverse environments and sometimes intimidating wildlife. But gators aren't the only massive reptile to look out for in the ...

Eric Carle's 'The Greedy Python' offers a lesson on greed that resonates with Florida's invasive snake crisis.