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 ...

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

While conducting a study about ecological impacts of invasive pythons in Florida, researchers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida found a nearly 15-foot-long Burmese python had swallowed a ...

Florida is letting you join the state’s python battle, soon offering an online program that’ll tell you all about the invasive snakes. The free hourlong session, known as “Python Patrol,” will be ...

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. The annual competition aims to rid the Everglades of the Burmese python, an invasive species that poses a threat to the ecosystem. The snake hunt ...

Professional python hunters spotted something strange happening in a South Florida pond. They soon realized they might be the ...

Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough job that someone’s got to do. But for many military veterans who help ...

Each contestant has a chance to win up to $10,000 at the end of the 10-day competition, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and ...

Who do you think would win a fight between a python and a crocodile in Florida? Generally, we would look to real-life ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.