The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. The annual competition aims to rid the Everglades of the Burmese python, an invasive species that poses a threat to the ecosystem. The snake hunt ...

Snakes are very rarely considered mobile animals, let alone moving over great distances. However, mobility allows many ...

EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. — A snake-hunting team just bagged one of the largest Burmese pythons ever caught in Florida. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood said they had covered 140 miles and ...

Snakes are efficient predators, but they are far from invincible. Across different ecosystems, a small group of animals has ...

Invasive Burmese pythons got loose in the Sunshine State in the late 1970s, and since then, their numbers have exploded. The boa constrictors can grow up to 20 feet long and 200 pounds. They are found ...

The state of Florida has a bounty out on invasive pythons, luring amateur snake killers into the Everglades for a month-long hunt. Hilarious, right? Not to those who say it encourages cruelty and does ...

A pair of python hunters stumbled across a python swim party that might offer new insights into their nesting patterns in<a ...