Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.

Florida's python problem is getting fresh attention because after some of the massive snakes are taken from the Everglades, ...

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife ...

Chef Brad Leone goes into the Everglades in search of giant pythons and explains the experience.

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Burmese pythons have already earned a reputation as one of Florida's most destructive invasive species, wiping out populations of native mammals and disrupting ecosystems across the Everglades. But ...

The Burmese python does not belong in the Florida Everglades. The invasive species eating its way through the Everglades is native to India, lower China, and some islands of the East Indies. At some ...

Nothing says Florida quite like a state agency-sponsored event where participants can win $10,000 in cash by hunting and ...

Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...