The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.
Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...
"I probably would have ridden right past it, but I saw movement." ...
Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.
In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.
Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.
Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...
The hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades is officially returning this summer, state officials announced today. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will begin at 12:01 a.m. on ...
Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...
Still, scientists no longer consider complete eradication realistic.
A large alligator was filmed dragging a massive Burmese python in Florida's Everglades National Park. The alligator was estimated to be 10 to 12 feet long, while the python appeared to be nearly twice ...