For ten days at the height of the Florida summer, hundreds of amateur and professional snake hunters waded through sawgrass, ...

Florida’s southern wetlands have been overtaken by a predator that does not belong there. Burmese pythons, native to ...

Florida biologists set a record removing 177 Burmese pythons totaling 8,080 pounds from the Everglades in one season, plus ...

In South Florida, one nonprofit is helping to solve two problems at once, removing invasive Burmese pythons and training veterans to do so. Veterans with Swamp Apes are heading into the Everglades to ...

Thomas Rahill claimed the top prize in Florida's 2026 Python Challenge after removing 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants removed 280 invasive snakes during the annual conservation ...

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book ...

Florida Python Challenge once again turned the Everglades into a high-stakes conservation contest, with hundreds of hunters ...

A study found 25 seed types in python guts and 73 types in tegus, including both native and invasive plants. The reptiles may be effectively spreading native plant seeds, complicating their role in ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to manage the invasive Burmese python population. Last year's champion, ...

Tom Rahill, hailing from Tampa, emerged victorious in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge by capturing an impressive 96 Burmese ...