The Florida Python Challenge Is Back, and It’s Seeking Hunters to Kill Invasive Snakes for a $10,000 Grand Prize

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

In Photos: Scientists snag Everglades python eggs for invasive species research

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...

What does a python bite look like? Invasive snake hunter shows battle scars.

Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

Win $10,000 for hunting giant Burmese pythons: Inside Florida's unusual annual snake hunt

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...

Florida pythons are edible. There's just one big problem

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...

Burmese python and Indian rock python: Size, habitat and behaviour compared

Large pythons have shared forests, grasslands and river systems across Asia for thousands of years, yet two of the region's ...
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Burmese pythons have wiped out 98 percent of Florida’s opossums, so scientists are now strapping GPS collars onto the survivors and letting the snakes eat them, becau…

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...

Glasgow southside on snake watch as two massive reptiles escape while owner is on holiday

A search was launched for the 4.5ft ball python and a "slightly grumpy" 7ft boa constrictor.
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Thane: Indian rock python rescued after getting trapped in plastic toy ring

A routine wildlife rescue operation in Thane turned unusual after members of the Wildlife Welfare Association (WWA) rescued ...

Florida readies to battle invasive pythons with a new video PSA

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

Burmese pythons are an invasive nightmare in Florida. They’re eating their way up the food chain, swallowing everything from marsh rabbits, wading birds, to deer — and robbing panthers, bob cats and ...