EVERGLADES, Fla. - More than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that will bring in thousands of dollars in ...

The invasive Burmese pythons are hurting Florida's Everglades ecosystem. A competition is offering over $30,000 in prizes to attract snake hunters.

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. They're among the largest snakes in the world, averaging between 6 and 9 feet. The longest python ever ...

Burmese pythons are a secretive bunch, making them difficult to spot and difficult to coax out into the open - that is, unless you're a robotic rabbit. According to the South Florida Water Management ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

Siewe, who is well known in South Florida’s python-hunting community, is pioneering new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors like the Wessels on excursions to find ...

Liars, liars: In regard to Kyle Swenson’s January 17 story, “Snake Charmers,” there has never been an attack on a human by a python in the wild. All we need are beer-drinking hicks who have no ...

Need a few extra bucks? Maybe you can make those extra dollars hunting pythons! The Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission is teaming up with the Everglades National Park to expand the state’s ...

It’s 10 p.m. on the fifth night of the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, and Amy Siewe is cruising nearly 11 feet above the pavement on her new “snake deck.” It’s a modified perch on the back of her ...

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to “The Python Hunt.” The documentary, from filmmaker Xander Robin and Artists Equity, is about an initiative undertaken by the Florida ...