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 ...

Call it the Python Challenge: That's what wildlife officials have issued to hunters in an attempt to reduce the population of Burmese pythons, which have become an invasive species in South Florida ...

FLORIDA CITY, Fla. — Greg Conterio pumps the brakes hard on a gravel road, throwing the gear shift on his 2000 Ford Explorer into park and leaving with the keys still hanging in the ignition. He saw a ...

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A python hunting competition starting on Saturday is drawing hundreds of amateurs armed with clubs, machetes and guns to the Florida Everglades, where captured Burmese ...

MIAMI (AP) — Professional python hunters and amateurs alike have a chance to win prizes in Florida's annual hunt for the biggest snakes — the Burmese pythons that are ravaging the state's native ...

PANAMA CITY — Kurt Cox, as a local big game hunter and conservationist, has a healthy respect for predatory creatures of all shapes and sizes. "We had an understanding," Cox said of snakes. "I don't ...