The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

The Florida Python Challenge, an annual statewide competition that kicks off Friday, will bring hundreds of snake-hunting professionals and novices to South Florida to hunt what wildlife officials are ...

One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here — the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake that is an invasive species in ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.

Earlier this year, on Jan. 13, a contracted python hunter working for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, eliminated a massive female snake from the Everglades. The hunter, Carl ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

A person pulling a slice of pizza from a pie - Nitas/Getty Images What if you could save a unique ecosystem and also get free pizza? Deep in Everglades City, Florida, you'll find Wildman's Pizza, ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...

With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the ...

A python hunter captured a nearly 17-foot, 202-pound snake in the Florida Everglades. While it is legal to eat python meat in Florida, health officials strongly advise against it. Testing has revealed ...

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...