Invasive Burmese Pythons are a great threat to Florida's native species — so much so that the state employs qualified ...

The hatchling-heavy count hints at a bigger trend in the Everglades: Burmese pythons are still spreading and reproducing. That helps explain why Florida crews are putting more focus on nests, eggs, ...

Florida contracted python hunters get paid hourly and get additional bonus money based on my pythons and longest pythons ...

Biologists and volunteers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida pulled 177 invasive Burmese pythons weighing a combined 8,080 pounds out of a 200-square-mile stretch of Collier County during the ...

The South Florida Water Management District announced the August winners for its Python Elimination Program and the bonus ...

Burmese pythons — destructive and invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a foothold outside ...

Three python hunters received $1,000 for catching the longest snake in their division during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.

It's almost python hunting season in Florida! Every year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water Management District host a python challenge and award ...

This year's Florida Python Challenge was July 10-19 at eight designated locations in south Florida. More than 900 hunters participated.

During the study, researchers tracked 188 adult and 168 juvenile Burmese pythons across sites such as the Big Cypress National Preserve. Each specimen was sexed, weighed and measured, with the VHF ...

In the chronicles of the natural world, Harriet is an evolutionary success story. For Florida, the nearly 13-foot-long Burmese python is an ecological nightmare. Called the “most interesting Burmese ...

Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...