The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and tons of data ...

Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...

As python hunters head out into the Everglades for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, many of them will feel the bite of the ...

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

Every year, hundreds of professional hunters, thrill-seekers, and curious amateurs descend on South Florida for the annual Florida Python Challenge — a 10-day competition aimed at removing invasive ...

More details are being revealed in the aftermath of Kyle Busch’s death. The NASCAR driver was experiencing shortness of breath, felt he was overheating and was coughing up blood the day before his ...

“How do they do that?” is a reasonable response to certain things we see in nature. Pythons and snakes like them can eat prey as big as they are, sometimes even bigger, and digest their massive single ...

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 ...

FORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS INJURED. CONTROLLING THE PYTHON POPULATION HERE IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR DESANTIS SPOKE IN STUART TODAY ABOUT SOME NEW ACTIONS THE STATE PLANS TO TAKE TO CONTROL THE GROWTH OF ...

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction film follows a variety of American oddballs chasing grisly snake-hunting glory in the annual Florida Python Challenge. Where that doc series had the ...

The collection, comprised of 13 stories, weaves together the heartbreaking and the hilarious. Colette is the former books editor for the Tampa Bay Times. She now writes for Bay Magazine. Anyone can ...

Invasive Burmese pythons have established a large population in South Florida after being released as exotic pets. Colder weather limits the pythons' range, but there is evidence they may be adapting ...