Florida alligators are opportunistic feeders with a wide-ranging diet. Invasive Burmese pythons are on the gator menu.

Here's a list of five of Florida's most dangerous animals and what to do if you run into a shark or gator while swimming in ...

Native scavengers may be exploiting Burmese python nests to their benefit but it's unclear how often it is happening.

University of Florida researchers documented a surprising new threat to Burmese python eggs in the Everglades, adding to ...

In the chronicles of the natural world, Harriet is an evolutionary success story. For Florida, the nearly 13-foot-long Burmese python is an ecological nightmare. Called the “most interesting Burmese ...

Burmese pythons have transformed the Florida Everglades into one of the strangest predator battlegrounds on Earth, where ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants can win a share of $25,000 in prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for ...

Today the dates will be announced for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. But who can forget 2025 when history was made?

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida's ecosystem. The 2025 challenge saw 934 participants remove a record 294 pythons, ...

Florida hosts an annual Python Challenge, offering a $10,000 prize to the participant who removes the most invasive pythons. The 2025 challenge winner, Taylor Stanberry, was the first woman to win and ...