Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

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 ...

From Florida pythons to feral hogs in farm country, paying hunters to remove invasive animals is changing the politics of ...

Four tons of invasive Burmese pythons were removed from South Florida ecosystems during the latest breeding season, setting a record.

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Florida scientists have found an unlikely weapon in their fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: ...

It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive creatures.