Catches like this can be a massive win toward slowing the spread of a problematic invasive species.

A wildlife biologist was photographed carrying a 153-pound python on Christmas Eve. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is a leader in Burmese python research and removal efforts. Ten Burmese pythons ...

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

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

THE EVERGLADES, Fla. — A famed python hunter in the Everglades got quite the surprise after making her latest capture. Donna Kalil bagged a more than 10-foot-long female Burmese Python last week. When ...

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Florida's battle against invasive Burmese pythons has seen a significant victory. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida reported its most successful season, removing a record 177 snakes weighing over 8 ...

Expert at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida topped their own record for the most tonnage of Burmese python removed from the wildlife.

Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win Florida's annual python challenge last year by catching 60 pythons during the 10-day competition.

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

Hunters stepping into the Everglades arena for the 2026 Python Challenge will find a population unculled by winter's freak freeze and the potential need for a strategic reset in tactics because of ...