Each year, the challenge brings together wildlife officials, seasoned python hunters, and volunteers to restore Florida's ...

I moved to Florida when I was 6 years old. I grew up catching toads and snakes and going fishing, and I just continued to ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm.

Catching a giant python isn’t just a challenge, it’s a mission to protect Florida’s wildlife. This story follows the journey from searching in storms to confronting the snake itself. Conservationists ...

An escaped royal python has been caught by Lincolnshire Police in a garden in Boston. The force apprehended the runaway ...

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge between July 11 and July 20. She brought in 19 during the 2024 contest when ...

"The snake probably was a pet that got too large to keep and too expensive to feed," Sheriff Lee Foster told Newsweek.

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

The snake was spotted when the family suspected a wiring fault but instead saw the reptile moving in the glow of the bulb ...

With warmer weather on the horizon and snake sightings rising, the Boksburg SPCA staff have taken proactive steps to improve public and animal safety. The society was part of three SPCAs from ...