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

A team of python biologists working for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida bounce along in a white four-door truck on a farm road well east of Naples. Ian Bartoszek brings the Ford to a stop ...

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

FWC said this time of year is ideal for holding the Python Challenge because hatchlings are emerging from eggs.

Amy Siewe, a python hunter and guide, said there is plenty to learn. For example, baby pythons that have just hatched are similar in size to the area’s native snakes and can be difficult for non ...

When talking about a particular snake, the python, for instance, silver is actually the last color one imagines, as these creatures usually come in various combinations of pale tan, yellow-brown ...

Snake wrangler Peggy Van Gorder holds a Burmese Python she captured in South Florida as part of the state’s python eradication program. (Photo by Beth Koehler) Snake wrangler Peggy Van Gorder ...

That’s where program assistant Jeff Fobb comes in. ... Most people did. Fobb warned him, “If you want to do a small snake, go now.” The python was 5 feet long — at least.

The average snake caught has measured 12.6 feet in length, and the program has removed 277 breeding females. The Burmese python has a diet of more than 80 species, according to the Conservancy.

Wrapping up a dozen years Burmese python program record means fewer snakes, more hope for native wildlife. Siewe has developed her own method of skinning, one that involves leverage, teamwork, ...

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 ...

June's winner, Matt Kogo, captured 13 pythons. This brings the total for 2025 to 95 pythons eliminated. Photos: Winners for python incentive program ...