In 2017, Ozzy Osbourne and son, Jack, hunted Burmese pythons in the Everglades. Here's what the 'Prince of Darkness' had to say about the snake hunt.

In South Florida, beneath the tangled brush of the Everglades, a toy rabbit stirs. It doesn’t hop or graze, but to a nearby ...

The program is 10 years old. They have removed over 1,000 pythons and over 30,000 lbs. of snakes in those 10 years.

Pythons reproduce at high rates, with female snakes laying anywhere between 35 to 60 eggs, Spencer said. In July, the FWC’s Python Action Team found and removed a record-breaking python nest ...

Pythons also cannot be hit by a car as a way to kill them, and in 2023, two marks were given to snakes that had been hit by a car — a “roadkill snake,” as the records note — and they were ...

The Python Elimination Program was introduced to protect the Everglades from the invasive snakes. Learn more about the Python Elimination Program The hunt kicked off on March 25.

The non-native snakes are overrunning Florida and must be eliminated. Fashion designers are determined to make sure their ...

Can you eat pythons? Florida snake hunter prefers his ground up like hamburger, however state recommends NOT eating the slithering monster.

The 10-day 2023 Florida Python Challenge competitors wrangled in 209 snakes. While many competitors were likely tempted by the $10,000 prize, others like Benoit were in it for the local wildlife.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. Ahead of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, the Naples Daily News and The News-Press ...

Kevin Pavlidis, a professional python hunter, earns $50 for the first four feet of reptile and $25 per additional foot. He caught Florida's longest python — 18 feet and 9.75 inches — in 2019.