Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 Burmese pythons from the Everglades and securing a ...

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge ...

The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated native wildlife throughout much of South Florida. Its presence is directly ...

Since the python invasion, the Everglades is a “ghost town,” he said. After five years of python hunting, Benoit realized how quickly pythons adapt to their surrounding environment.

Python hunters work the night shift — clocking in at sundown and hunting till dawn to track their quarry, which lies low during the sweltering heat of summer days.

Python hunters work the night shift — clocking in at sundown and hunting till dawn to track their quarry, which lays low during the sweltering heat of summer days.

Developed by UCF researchers and a non-profit, the cameras use a special wavelength of light to expose the snake. Will it help turn the tide in the fight against the voracious python?

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

Donna Kalil couldn’t hear a python slithering in the grass with the wind blowing. But spotting a tunnel-shaped snake trail, she disappeared into the cattails hunting for one.

The annual Florida Python Challenge invites novices to hunt invasive Burmese pythons alongside professionals and compete for cash prizes.

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

Florida's annual Burmese python hunt is set to commence next week. But what does the event involve and what is the aim behind it? The goal of the hunt, which is managed by the Florida Fish and ...