Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...

Aaron Mann removed 87 Burmese pythons in July, the most by any hunter in the South Florida Water Management District's 2025 incentive program. Mann's total brings the 2025 program's eliminated python ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is back. The event offers hunters from across the country the chance to win a $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize for removing the most invasive Burmese pythons from the ...

The Florida Python Challenge is arguably the most well-known and well-attended snake hunt in the country. And according to the results released Wednesday, the 2025 Challenge that took place in July ...

Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Siewe, who is well known in South Florida’s python-hunting community, is pioneering new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors like the Wessels on excursions to find ...

Otto, a German Wirehaired Pointer, was a key part of Mike Kimmel’s Python Cowboy guided hunts in Florida over the past five years, and often the star of dramatic hunting videos shared on YouTube, ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is giving Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a run for her money when it comes to posting hunting pictures online. The top Trump official took to X on ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2020. The snake’s head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter Mike Kimmel once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm causing ...

MIAMI — On their Florida vacations, Rob Wessels and his family have pursued an array of typical outings — deep-sea fishing, a stroll at the farmers market, tanning at the pool and beach. On the most ...

A dog famous for going nose to nose with Florida’s invasive pythons and iguanas has died in a hunting accident, according to his owner Mike Kimmel, a professional tracker known as The Python Cowboy on ...