The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission launched its first ever "Python Challenge." More than 800 hunters have registered for the month-long competition aimed at harvesting Burmese ...

Burmese pythons have been threatening Florida’s ecosystem for years, so the state is turning to the public for help in the form of a hunting contest to cull the population. The Florida Fish and ...

Law-enforcement officials remove a Burmese python from the home where it killed 2-year-old Shaiunna Hare in Oxford, Fla.Orlando Sentinel / MCT / Landov Floridians are generally not flummoxed by the ...

The python invasion sparked worldwide interest after Florida officials invited hunters from across the United States to try their luck catching pythons for cash prizes in the 2013 Python Challenge, ...

Despite miles of ground covered as we drove through the Everglades under the cover of darkness, it was impossible to ignore the fact that we hadn’t spotted a single mammal. The expansive wetlands in ...

Florida faces a growing problem with Burmese pythons, as more than 23,000 of these non-native snakes have been removed from the state since 2000, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...