Snake hunters across Florida are participating in the annual “Python Challenge.” The goal of the 10-day event is to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the state. The Python Challenge began at ...

AN UNINVITED GUEST  The sheriff's office not only removed the python from the pool party, it found the snake a home with one ...

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

Florida Python Challenge begins July 11, bringing hunters to the Everglades to remove invasive Burmese pythons that threaten ...

This year's Florida Python Challenge was Aug. 9-18 and presented by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The reticulated python is the longest snake in the world, with the longest ever recorded measuring about 32.8 feet long.

How poisonous is a Burmese python? No snake is poisonous. Some species carry venom in their systems and use it to render prey helpless, but this is not a technique employed by Burmese pythons.

Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially.

Smaller pythons feed on small mammals such as rats, but larger snakes switch to prey such as pigs, deer and even domestic dogs and cats. Attacks on humans are not common, though do happen ...

The battle against the invasive Burmese python by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reached a milestone after a record removal season.

Amy Siewe, a renowned python hunter, shared her insights on invasive Burmese pythons in a recent interview. The interview series focuses on Siewe's experiences and lessons learned from hunting ...

The graphic video, posted to Instagram by ACRES, shows a group of men in Singapore throwing crates and buckets at a reticulated python.