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.

With hourly fees and per-snake bonuses, python contractors are helping remove invasive constrictors from the Everglades. Here ...

Naples-based Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s python hunters smash records, removing massive invasive snakes to protect ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.

Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...

Longest python caught in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge was recorded in the Novice category. Plus a look at some of the ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

A 14-foot Burmese python has been captured in South Florida. The invasive species of snake generally average a length of 6 to ...

Three Burmese pythons were recently found at Florida homes, including one discovered inside a truck engine. While pythons generally avoid urban areas, they are known to inhabit nearby environments, ...

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 invasive Burmese pythons. The first-time participant earned $10,000 for her efforts during the 10-day competition. Stanberry, along ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

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 ...