With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the wild in Florida.

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

Typically, when people think of dangerous animal encounters, they imagine them happening in remote wild places. In reality, ...

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 ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...

Two long-abandoned military buildings in the Florida Keys that were once used as missile shelters were recently found to be housing another inhabitant – invasive and damaging Burmese pythons. The U.S.

Florida Python Challenge, July 11-20, 2025, has hunters trying to eliminate invasive Burmese snakes. Do they attack or kill humans? Are they venomous?

Nile monitors are spreading across South Florida. They are olive-green or black, with yellow striping on their head and jaw ...

MIAMI — With the arrival of cold weather, some people in South Florida see low temperatures as a possible solution to the region’s invasive reptile problem. But that hope cools quickly: species like ...

The team, half of whom are women, captures alligators for health checks and tracks invasive Burmese pythons. Researchers use technology like radio telemetry, drones, and thermal cameras to manage ...