Alligator Alcatraz, Florida and Everglades
Digest more
This week's annual python hunt focuses on the Everglades but some of these invasive snakes slither around in Brevard County.
Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you can't shoot them.
Florida Python Challenge begins July 11, bringing hunters to the Everglades to remove invasive Burmese pythons that threaten native wildlife in south Florida's ecosystem.
Florida Python Challenge, July 11-20, 2025, has hunters trying to eliminate invasive Burmese snakes. Do they attack or kill humans? Are they venomous?
An upcoming challenge welcomes all hunters and those interested in removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades ecosystem. Some $25,000 in prizes are available during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge
When it comes to unwelcome guests, an 18-foot Burmese python is as big as they come. The snake is native to Southeast Asia, but it's found a real home in south Florida's Everglades. IAN BARTOSZEK ...
Ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz' — a swampy environment filled with alligators and pythons — the president said about future detainees,