The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the invasive snakes.

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.

Hunters like Zach Hoffman and Amy Siewe detail the process of skinning and preparing python hides, which involves careful incisions, scraping, salting, and tanning.

Can you eat pythons? Florida snake hunter prefers his ground up like hamburger, however state recommends NOT eating the ...

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. More than 900 people ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge is about to begin, promising hunters a shared $25k in prizes while protecting the Everglades.

The annual Florida Python Challenge starts July 11 at 12:01 a.m. ET and ends at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants can win more than $25,000 in prizes as they remove invasive Burmese pythons from South ...

The water management district began its landmark python hunting program in 2017. Hunters generally earn an hourly rate of $13.

Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025. The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023.

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

The pursuit of invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida led to the alarming discovery when four females were captured at a “communal nesting” site on an island, according to video shared on YouTube. ...

MIAMI (AP) Florida is hiring more python hunters and expanding the area where they can stalk the invasive snakes. The South Florida Water Management District started paying minimum wage to 25 ...