The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese pythons ...
Burmese pythons, a non-native snake, has proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida.
Taylor Stanberry, 29, of Naples, was the Ultimate Grand Prize winner in the 2025 Burmese Python Challenge. Stanberry captured 60 of the invasive snakes, including 30 hatchlings, and won $10,000 for ...
The snakes first came to Florida when a hurricane blew off a python breeding center. Ever since they have been breeding like unstoppable.
They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...
A 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python found in the Florida Everglades set a state record for both its size and the 87 eggs it was carrying, according to an official at the national park. "One of the ...
An alligator in the Florida Everglades was seen doing its part to combat the invasion of Burmese pythons. Alison Joslyn was riding her bike in the Shark Valley area on Friday when she spotted a gator ...
Burmese pythons are expanding their territory north along Florida's Gulf Coast, with sightings becoming more frequent in areas beyond the Everglades. Wade Gardener recently captured one of these ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive ...