Florida’s southern wetlands have been overtaken by a predator that does not belong there. Burmese pythons, native to ...

Researchers have argued that the species could be more destructive than the invasive Burmese python ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pineapple juice marinade for Burmese python meat is an elixir of bromelain that tames and restrains the notorious Everglades ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, participants have the chance to win over $25,000 in prizes by removing invasive ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for removing 96 pythons. The longest python caught during the ...

Tom Rahill said he was on a mission. Rahill, the ultimate grand prize winner for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, was recognized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today ...

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge winds down, we are revisiting a story from earlier this year. We interviewed professional python hunter Carl Jackson soon after he had caught a 16-foot, 10-inch ...

The countdown is official underway for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District announced in May the ...

While Burmese pythons are not venomous, their bites are common and feel like needles tearing through the skin. Invasive pythons have severely impacted Florida's small mammal populations in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We know python hunter Taylor Stanberry competed in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. What we don't know is if the Naples resident ...