The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

Florida’s python hunts are going commercial as the state partners with a luxury leather manufacturer that pays better and uses more high-tech weapons in the pursuit of the invasive snake. Gov. Ron ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

Burmese pythons have taken over the Florida Everglades in just a few decades, but there is hope that the invasive species can be pulled back. A new study reveals how that might be done. Published in ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...