Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous alligators and pythons.

The Trump and DeSantis administrations have characterized the region as a treacherous swamp where little more than alligators ...

Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive Burmese pythons.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge — a 10-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons — started July 11 and ends at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants can win money prizes in several categories.

While Burmese pythons pose a potential threat to humans, there have been no recorded fatalities in Florida. Alligator Alcatraz is Florida's recently opened migrant detention center in the Everglades.

Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous alligators and pythons.