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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...

Catching a giant python in the Everglades with Brad Leone. Florida’s $83 million land deal is ‘an abomination"| Letters SNL ...

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.

A python-catching contest with thousands of dollars in prizes will take place in the lead-up to the Super Bowl, as the game’s Miami host committee helps attack one of Florida’s most ferocious ...