Florida's python problem is widely tied to people importing exotic pets and releasing or losing them into the wild.

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...

"There were a lot of little baby snakes just getting out of the nest." ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida's Everglades. A Florida snake hunter, his wife, and their two kids were able to wrestle and take out a whopping 202-pound Burmese python in a battle ...

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

The situation is dire from an ecological perspective. For years, hunters, hikers and others have for years reported that mammals were declining.

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

The average weight of removed female pythons was 95 pounds, with the largest female captured this season weighing 153 pounds and measuring 17 feet long. The females carried an average of 70 eggs, and ...