For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough job that someone’s got to do. But for many military veterans who help ...

The Naples-based nonprofit has been at it since 2013, but its numbers only begin to tell the story. As Ian Bartoszek, the wildlife biologist who oversees the nonprofit's python program, is ...

Florida's python contractors are making decent money chasing snakes in the Everglades, but you shouldn't quit your day job ...

A total of 934 participants from 30 states and Canada took part in the annual challenge this year Taylor Stanberry/Instagram A woman has won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge's grand prize after ...

Florida’s Everglades is in crisis as the invasive Burmese python emerges as a new apex predator. These large constrictors ...

With another Florida Python Challenge underway, hunters who end up finding the invasive snake have a good chance of getting bitten if they aren't careful. This year's Florida Python Challenge started ...

MARTIN: So did you know about the Florida Python Challenge? INSKEEP: No, this is a challenge of pythons, I assume, like a big python race. MARTIN: No, it is not. INSKEEP: OK. MARTIN: It is held every ...

The winners of the 2023 Florida Python Challenge were announced on Friday by Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez. This year the contest had over 1,000 participants from 35 states, and the country of ...

Nealy 200 invasive Burmese pythons were removed from South Florida as part of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's python challenge. The 10-day competition featured 857 participants ...

Florida's annual python challenge awards hunters who capture the invasive snakes from the wild. A decade later, it's done little to reduce the impact of the species on the Everglades ecosystem. There ...