Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...

Hunters working across the Florida Everglades removed a record four tons of invasive Burmese pythons in a single coordinated ...

The event offers a $10,000 grand prize to whoever removes the most Burmese pythons from the Everglades The annual challenge ...

YouTube Florida is warning would-be hunters that Burmese pythons, one of the Everglades' most destructive invasive species, ...

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...

Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in ...

Python hunting occurs year-round in Florida to combat the invasive species disrupting the Everglades ecosystem. The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program pays hunters to ...

Python hunters should wear long pants, closed-toed shoes, and bring tools like a flashlight and snake hook. Novice hunters must humanely kill pythons immediately at the capture site; firearms are ...