Maps Show Spread of Burmese Pythons as Hunting Challenge Begins

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.
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A cyclist filmed an alligator swimming off with a giant python in its jaws

Alison Joslyn was biking through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park when she spotted an American alligator clamped onto ...

Meet the 2025 Florida Python Challenge champion: Taylor Stanberry

Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win Florida's annual python challenge last year by catching 60 pythons during the ...

Florida dad grabbed a 202-pound Burmese python, then it started dragging him towards a canal before his entire family took down the giant snake

What began as a family outing to help remove invasive snakes from Florida's Everglades quickly turned into a terrifying fight ...

Florida pythons are edible. There's just one big problem

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...

Snakes of Florida: 8 Species you're most likely to encounter and how to identify them

Florida has one of the richest populations of snakes in the United States since there are dozens of snake species that ...

Deadly Australians

Here, Amethystine Pythons lurk high up in the canopy, Tiger Quolls troll the forest floor, and deadly scorpions dwell in the shadows of the undergrowth.