New research suggests Florida could better control its estimated 100,000 to 300,000 invasive Burmese pythons by targeting specific snakes rather than focusing on total removals, possibly reshaping ...

Less than 3% of all snake sightings involved climbing trees, according to USGS.

The state record for heaviest python caught is a 215-pound beast caught in 2022. The invasive snake, a colossal female, was caught by Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists in the Everglades. It ...

Florida's Everglades is facing an ecological challenge from one of its most notorious invasive predators, the giant Burmese ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge saw hundreds of participants compete to remove the invasive species from South Florida. Hunter Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for catching the most snakes, ...

Easy” is not the first word that would describe tracking down invasive Burmese pythons in the dense sawgrass of the Florida Everglades. One hunter, however, managed an extraordinary haul during this ...

Florida's 2026 Python Challenge begins today, and will last until July 19. A $10,000 reward will be issued to whoever removes the most Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Last year, more than 900 ...

Within the next couple of decades, the Key Largo woodrat could go extinct if the Burmese python population continues as is, a ...

More than 900 participants helped remove 280 invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, according to the FWC. Tom Rahill won the grand prize of $10,000 by ...

Tom Rahill said he was on a mission. Rahill, the ultimate grand prize winner for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, was recognized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today ...