Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (WFLA/WTVJ) – Python hunters made a monster catch in the Everglades over the weekend. The 17-foot long python they captured has broken a record. It’s the largest python ever caught ...

Donna Kalil won the bonus in May for removing 16 pythons. The annual Python Challenge, open for registration, runs from July 11-20. The South Florida Water Management District's python hunting program ...

Over the past two decades, there have been at least 25 reported Burmese python sightings on the Treasure Coast. There are likely more undetected or unreported. And with burgeoning development, chances ...

MIAMI (CBS NEWS) – A man captured a massive, record-setting Burmese python in South Florida this week, CBS Miami reports. Kyle Penniston of Homestead, Florida, caught the 17-foot, 5-inch female snake ...

(WSVN) - Snake hunters have been making colossal captures in the Everglades as part of the Python Challenge. Patrick Campbell made the biggest catch of all, trapping a 15-foot-10-inch Burmese Python ...

Half of the winners in this year’s Python Challenge were women, the highest number of huntresses to take home prizes in the annual contest that pits wits and skill as much as muscle against the ...

A couple of month ago, Kevin Pavlidis was walking through tall grass on a tiny island in the Florida Everglades when he saw the snake coiled and glowing in the sun — 14.5 feet long and 85 pounds.

EVERGLADES CITY, Fla — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and partners are celebrating what they're calling a successful ending to the 2021 Florida Python Challenge. It's a 10-day ...