Firefighters in South Florida removed a Burmese python from a home in Homestead, outside of Miami. The reptile has become a ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.

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 ...

Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge, capturing 60 pythons and earning a $10,000 prize ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem.

Python hunting is a new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors on excursions to find the giant invasive constrictors that have overrun the Everglades.

The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm.

Kevin Pavlidis, a professional python hunter, earns $50 for the first four feet of reptile and $25 per additional foot. He caught Florida's longest python — 18 feet and 9.75 inches — in 2019.

The 17-foot long python they captured has broken a record. It’s the largest python ever caught during Florida’s python elimination program. The python weighed in at 132 pounds.