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

17-Foot Python In Florida Breaks Record, Park Officials Say It's an important program that will help restore Florida's ecosystem, according to Donna Kalil, a Florida-based python hunting professional.

South Florida is home to two particularly problematic invasive species: Burmese pythons and green iguanas. The pythons live ...

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet ...

A record haul marked this year's Florida Python Challenge, with nearly 300 Burmese pythons removed from the wild, according ...

One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job to pursue her ...

Hunting Pythons in Florida: How to Get in on the Fun Invasive Burmese pythons got loose in the Sunshine State in the late 1970s, and since then, their numbers have exploded.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (second from right) helps hold a python as he kicks off the 2021 Python Challenge in the Everglades on June 3, 2021, in Miami.

The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated ...

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (second from right) helps hold a python as he kicks off the 2021 Python Challenge in the Everglades on June 3, 2021, in Miami.