NAPLES, Fla. — Three men said how they're pumped for the annual Python Challenge invasive snake hunting event, after catching a nearly 18-foot python Wednesday night in the Big Cypress National ...

The OP said they were prepared for danger and wanted to get "hands on with whatever I'm allowed to." ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...

Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan came to Florida as part of an ongoing effort to control the explosion in the python population in the Everglades National Park and beyond. Writer, filmmaker and ...

In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.

Long-term tracking shows a Burmese python is rewriting assumptions about breeding, giving new intel for Florida's battle ...

The Florida Python Challenge brings out a fascinating cast of characters, all captured by the director Xander Robin’s camera.

Heightened gator risk: May and June mark alligator mating season, when the reptiles become more aggressive, posing dangers to python hunters in South Florida. Predator rivalry: Alligators and pythons ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle ...

It’s hours of boredom interrupted by a few minutes of pretty intense adrenalin,” says one jaded participant in the Florida ...