The writer, novelist, and python hunter set out for this year’s 2023 Florida Python Challenge with a mission. With a team of first-time python hunters, Benoit led the group through the darkness ...

It took about a month for researchers to find the tracker as the snake moved in and out of Key Largo’s labyrinth of caves, and when they did, they found a 12-foot-long, 66-pound female python ...

The growing Burmese python population in South Florida and into Everglades National Park and its many unknowns have led scientists to the realization that the eradication of the invasive species ...

A professional python hunter, hired by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Enrique Galan catches a Burmese python in Everglades National Park, Florida on August 11, 2022.

This year's Florida Python Challenge is scheduled to start July 11 at 12:01 a.m. It ends at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants can win more than $25,000 in prizes as they remove invasive Burmese pythons ...

Register for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge is still open and will be through the end of the competition. By participating in the removal of invasive pythons, hunters help raise awareness about ...