One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here — the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake that is an invasive species in ...

They’re found in all sorts of places — in backyards, under a car in a driveway in Miami-Dade, crossing a housing development ...

A startling milestone has been reached in Florida’s war against the invasive Burmese pythons eating their way across the Everglades. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida reports it has captured and ...

On an island in the middle of the Florida Everglades, Taylor Stanberry — mostly nocturnal in the summer catching Burmese pythons — uncovered a wriggling nest of 30 baby pythons. The discovery helped ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species from Southeast Asia now established in South Florida. While freezing temperatures can ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge aims to remove invasive Burmese pythons, which pose a threat to the Everglades ecosystem. While Burmese pythons are not venomous, their bites can be painful and cause ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...