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

Pythons typically live in rainforests near streams, although they have been known to survive in a variety of habitats, such ...

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

Opossums are becoming Florida’s secret weapon against giant invasive pythons—thanks to GPS collars and a wild discovery.

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 ...

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...

Burmese pythons are spreading across south Florida but will we start to see them slither up north? What to know ...

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

In an effort to reduce the population of invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades, the South Florida Water Management District announced an experimental program Thursday that offers $8.10 an hour, ...

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional python hunter to encounter one of the more impressive specimens in the history ...

Have any humans have been killed by Burmese pythons? What to know Florida's large, invasive residents and their misconceptions ...