For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...

There are anywhere between 100,000 and 300,000 invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) currently slithering through the ...

Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

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

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

Burmese pythons—like this one photographed at Everglades National Park—are decimating animal populations in South Florida. NPS / R. Cammauf Burmese pythons in Florida have been known to swallow large ...

We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in ...

Video from previous story: FWC announces winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA )— In just about a ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

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