People travel from far and wide to the Florida Python Challenge. They camp in tents, RVs, to catch one of these elusive ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge was held in July this year and when all of the counting was completed, a woman from ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual 10-day hunting competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from eight Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-managed lands in ...

Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes. The ...

The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold ...

Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida Everglades history. They can swim, burrow and climb trees, and they eat almost ...

A large alligator nicknamed 'Godzilla' was caught on video dragging an enormous Burmese python through the water in the ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species from Southeast Asia now established in South Florida. While freezing temperatures can be lethal to pythons, evidence suggests they may be evolving to tolerate ...

Unseasonably cold weather in Florida affects native and invasive reptile species. Iguanas can become immobilized and fall from trees when temperatures drop to between 40 and 50 degrees. Alligators ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida made a Facebook post showing a wildlife wearing a Santa hat with Burmese python on his shoulder.

Evidence suggests pythons may be evolving to tolerate colder climates farther north. These invasive snakes are primarily established in South Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee. As sections of the ...