Python hunter Kevin Pavlidis won for the third time in 2025. The competition is sponsored by the South Florida Water ...

Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.

Professional python hunters spotted something strange happening in a South Florida pond. They soon realized they might be the ...

It’s 10 p.m. on the fifth night of the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, and Amy Siewe is cruising nearly 11 feet above the pavement on her new “snake deck.” It’s a modified perch on the back of her ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2020. The snake’s head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter Mike Kimmel once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm causing ...

Hunter Kevin Pavlidis wins big in December's python elimination challenge by capturing 17 Burmese pythons, including the longest one at 17 feet, 3 inches.

Florida has deployed a new weapon in the Everglades’ ongoing crusade against the invasive and prolifically deadly Burmese python: an army of robot rabbits. Stanberry claimed $10,000, FWC’s top prize ...

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program announced its October winners. Hunter Donna Kalil captured the most pythons in October with 21, earning her a bonus award.

The Center for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel kicks off its annual speaker series with a python elimination expert ...

The Florida Python Challenge, an annual statewide competition that kicks off Friday, will bring hundreds of snake-hunting professionals and novices to South Florida to hunt what wildlife officials are ...