Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

Defending champion Taylor Stanberry entered Florida's annual python challenge last-minute. She provided an update midway ...

On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

Snakes on a plain? A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons ...

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...

The invasive pythons number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades ...

Some hunters participating in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge will likely get bitten by the invasive snake. One hunter told ...

Burmese pythons—like this one photographed at Everglades National Park—are decimating animal populations in South Florida. NPS / R. Cammauf Burmese pythons in Florida have been known to swallow large ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida python team came across are massive female snake while conducting research in the field earlier this year.