The invasive Burmese python is wreaking havoc with the ecosystem in southern parts of Florida. The state has enlisted hunters to try to help eradicate the menacing snakes, and the 2026 Python ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contestants in this year's Florida Python Challenge will crunch through South Florida sawgrass during one of the hottest times of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — One of the latest pythons to be caught in the Everglades is a record-breaker. A pair of trappers caught the 18-foot, 9-inch invasive Burmese python on a hunt working for the South ...

Weighing around 500 pounds, these enormous pythons are bigger and heavier than they might appear at first glance. Their impressive size takes center stage as other reptile encounters reveal more ...

Move over, gators — there’s a new critter at the top of the food chain in the 🌴Florida Everglades. About the only threat 🌴Floridapythons have to worry about are python hunters, whose job it is to ...

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 ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

Burmese pythons, an invasive species in Florida's Everglades, have caused severe declines in native wildlife over the past ...

It's that time again as a special southern Florida tradition is upon us. There are many types of hunts and hunting seasons in the United States, but Florida may have the most interesting hunt in the ...

It's almost python hunting season in Florida! Every year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water Management District host a python challenge and award ...