Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says she doesn't enjoy killing the snakes, she just knows it's a necessity.
"It feels like a lot of little needles going into your hand and then tearing through the skin." ...
Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.
It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive ...
A Florida man was fined for catching an invasive python in Everglades National Park. His case was later dismissed.
The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...
A Florida man was hailed as a hero for catching an 8-foot-long invasive python, and then fined for it. Where is it legal to kill them?
The invasive pythons number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades ...
Florida researchers are using GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons, a method first noticed in 2022 when tagged mammals were eaten by snakes. The GPS devices continued transmitting ...
Florida holds an annual 10-day Python Challenge to control the invasive Burmese python population. Participants compete for prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most pythons. The ...
We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in ...