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

Florida scientists have achieved a major milestone in the fight against one of the state's most destructive invasive species.

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

Biologists removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The biggest ...

One of the most respected nonprofit environmental groups in Florida is celebrating a record-setting python hunting season.

A new study finds that invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida can open their jaws even wider than researchers previously ...

The South Florida Water Management District is now rewarding hunters for removing python eggs and active nests from the ...

Every year, hundreds of professional hunters, thrill-seekers, and curious amateurs descend on South Florida for the annual Florida Python Challenge — a 10-day competition aimed at removing invasive ...

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The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction film follows a variety of American oddballs chasing grisly snake-hunting glory in the annual Florida Python Challenge. Where that doc series had the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “It’s hours of boredom interrupted by a few minutes of pretty intense adrenalin,” says one jaded participant in the Florida Python ...