Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held here. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from halfway ...

It sounds challenging. Learn everything you need to know about a Burmese python in 60 minutes − how it arrived in Florida, how to identify a python, how to search for one and ultimately, the humane ...

If the Burmese python isn't the most wanted invasive species in Florida, it's certainly near the top of the list. As the massive snake continues to wreak havoc on the ecosystem in the Everglades, ...

If you're looking for a way to become $10,000 richer, killing pythons may be it. The 2024 Florida Python Challenge hunt is happening soon. Here are important things to know about the annual snake hunt ...

A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have happened before, though ...

Although the Burmese python is not protected in Florida, anti-cruelty laws still apply when hunting this week. The competition recognizes the legal and ethical obligations to ensure humane killing is ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...

Florida is letting you join the state’s python battle, soon offering an online program that’ll tell you all about the invasive snakes. The free hourlong session, known as “Python Patrol,” will be ...

The snakes have been officially counted and we have a winner for the 2024 Florida Python Challenge. On Tuesday (Sept. 17) the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced that this year ...