Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m.

The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida — 17 feet, 7 inches long and 164½ pounds — was found in Everglades National Park, the University of Florida announced Monday. The snake was pregnant ...

The annual hunt returns to the Everglades as officials step up efforts to control one of Florida’s most destructive invasive species.

A large albino Burmese python, nicknamed "Nanners," was captured in Prosperity, South Carolina, after weeks on the loose. Local resident Warren Gallman and friends caught the snake, which had been ...

A contracted hunter captured the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. Invasive Burmese pythons are devastating the South Florida ecosystem by preying on small ...

Over four tons of invasive Burmese pythons have been removed from Southwest Florida ecosystems during this breeding season.

The average weight of removed female pythons was 95 pounds, with the largest female captured this season weighing 153 pounds ...

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.