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

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

Professional snake removal experts captured a 30-pound, 6½-foot Burmese python from a Miami-Dade residential area, preventing ...

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

Florida’s 10-day Python Challenge is underway as hunters take to the Everglades for glory, a $10,000 prize, and to help rid the state of its invasive Burmese python problem. According to the FWC, the ...

Florida is unfortunately home to a lot of uninvited guests — especially invasive species. But there might be another way to control their rapidly increasing populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

It's official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt, ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition aimed at eliminating invasive Burmese pythons. The challenge takes place in designated breeding grounds in and around the Everglades. While ...

Sometimes plunging in headfirst and barehanded is just the most efficient way to nab the nuisance lizard, says Mike Kimmel, ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...