Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

Burmese pythons, native to South Asia, are an invasive species in Florida, posing a threat to the ecosystem. The Florida ...

Pythons are a menace and everything possible is being done to eliminate the invasive snake, including asking the public to ...

The annual event to combat the invasive Burmese python begins Friday in multiple locations, including the Everglades where it ...

The South Florida Water Management District's new incentive program seems to be working with nearly 100 snakes eliminated so ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is set to launch its annual campaign to remove invasive snakes from ...

Burmese pythons will be targeted by hunters for a 10-day period starting on July 11 in the annual Florida Python Challenge.

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

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.

Scientists have discovered that Burmese pythons possess specialized intestinal cells to digest calcium from prey bones, preventing toxicity. The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge begins on Friday. The challenge begins at 12:01 a.m. and runs through 5 p.m. on July 20.