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 ...

KENDALL, Fla. — Donna Kalil loves snakes. She’s been fascinated by them since she was a kid living in the mountains of Venezuela’s capital in the 1960s, where her father was stationed as an Air Force ...

When it comes to protecting the Florida Everglades, women lead the way. This has been true since at least 1916, when the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs established Royal Palm State Park, which ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis promised to double down on python removals but hunters sometimes can’t even find one. Former Times Reporter Former Times Photographer Photo Director/News and Sports The Tampa Bay ...

Taylor Stanberry won the $10,000 grand prize, the first woman to do so, with 60 pythons caught. Donna Kalil, a veteran hunter, caught the most pythons in the professional category with 56 snakes. A ...