One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here. The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from eight ...

A large alligator nicknamed 'Godzilla' was caught on video dragging an enormous Burmese python through the water in the ...

The‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ Burmese python is among the largest snakes globally and originates from a few areas in South and Southeast Asia, such as India, southern China, and the Malay Peninsula. The python is now ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species from Southeast Asia now established in South Florida. While freezing temperatures can be lethal to pythons, evidence suggests they may be evolving to tolerate ...

MARTIN COUNTY — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Oct. 21 announced a new partnership with a Miami-based company to help remove more invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades, where they have decimated native ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold as pets but were frequently abandoned in the wild once they outgrew their ...

Kendrapada: Forest officials on Sunday rescued a 10ft-long Burmese python from a house at Sunguda village under Dalijori forest range in Jajpur district.Majid Khan, the house owner, spotted the python ...

A team dedicated to controlling populations of invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida has deployed another unique method to find the elusive predators: robotic rabbits. The robots are ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, ending July 20, had 933 participants from 30 states and two countries. $25,000 in prizes will be awarded across professional, novice, and military categories. The ...

In the Florida Everglades, fluffy bunnies are not what they seem. These rabbits hop, move and even smell real, but they are machines designed to lure giant Burmese pythons from their hiding places.