Burmese pythons in Florida are the ultimate invasive swamp monster and have consumed a significant percentage of south Florida's mammals.

Agencies across the state have been refining the Florida Python Challenge, through the years, to minimize inhumane euthanasia and curb fraud, all while continuing to encourage participation in the … ...

How to humanely kill a python FWC and other wildlife agencies prohibit any inhumane treatment of animals, even damaging invasive species like the Burmese python.

Following the conclusion of its annual Python Hunting Challenge, which allows hunters to kill thousands of the invasive ...

"Every python removed is one less python to harm our native species." Man wins thousands after capturing and removing ...

It suggests shooting the snake in the head with a firearm or decapitating it with a machete. Wildlife officials say the 2013 Python Challenge is not only about killing snakes.

For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough job that someone’s got to do. But for many military veterans who ...

Over a hundred robot rabbits were deployed to eliminate as many pythons as possible from the Everglades, where they are ...

Decapitating Burmese pythons — a sanctioned method for killing the invasive snakes in the upcoming Python Challenge contest — is “despicably cruel” and may violate state animal cruelty ...

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.

The tens of thousands of pythons pulsating through the Everglades have essentially no natural predators in Florida to keep them in check. Except for right now — as more than 600 human hunters ...