The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

"This is a South Florida problem that is rapidly turning into a Central Florida problem." ...

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Burmese pythons have already earned a reputation as one of Florida's most destructive invasive species, wiping out ...

A Florida man was hailed as a hero for catching an 8-foot-long invasive python, and then fined for it. Where is it legal to kill them?

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...

Researchers observed vultures eating invasive Burmese python eggs for the first time in Florida. The only other documented predator of python eggs in Florida is the bobcat. Scientists believe the ...

The Conservancy’s python tracking team made the first capture of the breeding season with scout snake #118 “Snaquan” in November 2025, removing a 17-foot, 148 lb female python. Conservancy of ...

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...

Burmese pythons, considered to be "prohibited" invasive predators in Florida, are negatively impact native wildlife Conservancy of Southwest Florida Four tons of Burmese pythons were removed from a ...