Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida has long been the land of big, scary swamp critters, but the Burmese python has taken over as the king of creepiness in the past several decades. These largely aquatic beasts are ...

Although the Burmese python is not protected in Florida, anti-cruelty laws still apply when hunting this week. The competition recognizes the legal and ethical obligations to ensure humane killing is practiced by participants. In this effort, novices are ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten-day event in which people will compete to catch and kill the most invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have happened before, though rarely. So how is someone ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is responding to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ declaration of war against pythons with a request the invasive snakes be given a humane death. “We realize that something must be done to fix the exotic-pet trade’s ...