Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

A biologist described the python invasion in blunt terms: "This one is very much out of the bag." ...

Biologists removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The biggest ...

"You maybe go out there 50 times and you don't see anything," ...

"The Python Hunt" made the film-festival circuit last year. Now it's in U.S. movie theaters, including Naples.

Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in ...

Florida scientists have achieved a major milestone in the fight against one of the state's most destructive invasive species.

Snakes have a reputation for being quick to strike, but several species rarely live up to that image. Breeders who work with ...

Expert at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida topped their own record for the most tonnage of Burmese python removed from ...

Hunters stepping into the Everglades arena for the 2026 Python Challenge will find a population unculled by winter's freak freeze and the potential need for a strategic reset in tactics because of ...

For many, snakes inspire fear, mystery, caution and fascination. And sometimes, all feelings at once. But in several parts of the world, the slithering creatures are respected, celebrated and ...