But inside was one of the most notorious invasive species in the ecosystem: a Burmese python. “This is where the nest is,” ...

Participants will compete July 10-19 to help remove Burmese pythons from the Everglades and raise awareness about invasive ...

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

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

The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

"Might as well honor their existence and admire their beauty." ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Hunters stepping into the Everglades arena for the 2026 Python Challenge will find a population unculled by winter's freak freeze and the potential need for a strategic reset in tactics because of ...

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...

As python hunters head out into the Everglades for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, many of them will feel the bite of the invasive snake.