Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.

Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, setting a state record. Her work shows ...

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

According to the Bible, the world’s first con man was a snake. It deceived Adam and Eve, leading them to commit the first sin ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife ...

When an invasive species alters that system, the effects can extend far beyond the food chain.

Florida is a unique place to live. Here are 10 amazing facts - and firsts - to prove it. Florida is the only U.S. state that maintains its own embassy in Washington, D.C. See which city holds a ...

The Burmese python does not belong in the Florida Everglades. The invasive species eating its way through the Everglades is native to India, lower China, and some islands of the East Indies. At some ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.

A Florida man was hailed as a hero for catching an 8-foot-long invasive python, and then fined for it. Where is it legal to ...