Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes in Florida.

Brian Hargrove is the August winner. He captured 63 snakes. This bring the 2025 total for the program to 245 ...

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park ...

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 ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to ... Challengers must capture and humanely kill the pythons and not harm any native species. Stanberry eliminated 33 female ...

Half of the winners in this year’s Python Challenge were women, the highest number of huntresses to take home prizes in the annual contest that pits wits and skill as much as muscle against the ...

The snake’s head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter Mike Kimmel once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm causing blood to spurt in rhythm with his racing heart. Alone ...

Recent sightings and captures of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are they invading urban areas?

The state of Florida has a bounty out on invasive pythons, luring amateur snake killers into the Everglades for a month-long hunt. Hilarious, right? Not to those who say it encourages cruelty and does ...

Following the reading of the verdict, Darnell attempted to console his distraught girlfriend. During the trial, Assistant ...

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 participated ...