Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

University of Florida researchers documented a surprising new threat to Burmese python eggs in the Everglades, adding to growing evidence that native wildlife is fighting back against the invasive ...

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...

On a fall day in Gainesville, Georgia, Justin Kobylka, the forty-two-year-old owner of Kinova Reptiles, was preparing to cut open two clutches of snake eggs. He was hoping to hit upon some valuable, ...

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a ...

In the Florida Everglades, Burmese pythons — an invasive species with a ravenous appetite — pose a risk to native wildlife in the area. But one way to tamp down on the species’ growing population is ...

Eating its prey can be a process for a python, which is why it relies so heavily on its jaw to get the job done, including ...

Video from previous story: FWC announces winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA )— In just about a week, registered participants will have the opportunity to win big when the ...

Eric Carle's 'The Greedy Python' offers a lesson on greed that resonates with Florida's invasive snake crisis.

"Later, we managed to capture it safely and handed it over to the Forest Department." ...