The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.

When an invasive species alters that system, the effects can extend far beyond the food chain.

Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, setting a state record. Her work shows ...

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.

The reptiles, native to Southeast Asia, are considered an invasive species, and state law requires them to be euthanized after capture A Burmese python was found guarding 20 eggs under a Florida ...

Florida is a unique place to live. Here are 10 amazing facts - and firsts - to prove it. Florida is the only U.S. state that maintains its own embassy in Washington, D.C. See which city holds a ...

The Burmese python does not belong in the Florida Everglades. The invasive species eating its way through the Everglades is native to India, lower China, and some islands of the East Indies. At some ...

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says ...

A Florida man was fined for catching an invasive python in Everglades National Park. His case was later dismissed.

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

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 ...