Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

Donna Kalil won the bonus in May for removing 16 pythons. The annual Python Challenge, open for registration, runs from July 11-20. The South Florida Water Management District's python hunting program ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

A python-catching contest with thousands of dollars in prizes will take place in the lead-up to the Super Bowl, as the game’s Miami host committee helps attack one of Florida’s most ferocious ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (WFLA/WTVJ) – Python hunters made a monster catch in the Everglades over the weekend. The 17-foot long python they captured has broken a record. It’s the largest python ever caught ...

(WSVN) - Snake hunters have been making colossal captures in the Everglades as part of the Python Challenge. Patrick Campbell made the biggest catch of all, trapping a 15-foot-10-inch Burmese Python ...

A couple of month ago, Kevin Pavlidis was walking through tall grass on a tiny island in the Florida Everglades when he saw the snake coiled and glowing in the sun — 14.5 feet long and 85 pounds.

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the natural ecosystem by eating the native mammals like ...

MIAMI (CBS NEWS) – A man captured a massive, record-setting Burmese python in South Florida this week, CBS Miami reports. Kyle Penniston of Homestead, Florida, caught the 17-foot, 5-inch female snake ...

SOUTH FLORIDA — Python hunter Aaron Mann caught 87 invasive Burmese pythons in the wild in South Florida in July. That’s more than anyone else participating in the South Florida Water Management ...