One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here — the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake that is an invasive species in ...

MIAMI (AP) — Professional python hunters and amateurs alike have a chance to win prizes in Florida's annual hunt for the biggest snakes — the Burmese pythons that are ravaging the state's native ...

Call it the Python Challenge: That's what wildlife officials have issued to hunters in an attempt to reduce the population of Burmese pythons, which have become an invasive species in South Florida ...

Starting Friday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is conducting a photo contest to raise additional awareness about nonnative species in Florida as part of the 2016 Python ...

FLORIDA CITY, Fla. — Greg Conterio pumps the brakes hard on a gravel road, throwing the gear shift on his 2000 Ford Explorer into park and leaving with the keys still hanging in the ignition. He saw a ...

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A python hunting competition starting on Saturday is drawing hundreds of amateurs armed with clubs, machetes and guns to the Florida Everglades, where captured Burmese ...

MIAMI (AP) — Professional python hunters and amateurs alike have a chance to win prizes in Florida's annual hunt for the biggest snakes — the Burmese pythons that are ravaging the state's native ...