A mother python remains alert as the handler carefully collects her eggs from the enclosure. The snake’s defensive reactions ...

An expert handler gets a close look at a massive reticulated python while highlighting just how large this snake can become.

Three python hunters received $1,000 for catching the longest snake in their division during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.

Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp. A ...

Wildlife researchers in the Everglades are using one Burmese python to help find another. Scientists at the University of ...

“The number of invasive pythons removed from the Everglades during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is a major victory for Florida’s native wildlife and a testament to what can be accomplished ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge ended on July 19, and organizers have officially finished tallying the number of bagged snakes. Over 10 days, 907 participants hunted down a collective total of 280 ...

Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida ...

Deep in the forests of Florida’s Key Largo, an opossum is being used to find an animal that researchers rarely see coming.

Farmed pythons may offer a sustainable and efficient new form of livestock to boost food security, according to new research from Macquarie University. A study of two South-East Asian commercial ...

More than 900 contestants vying for the $10,000 grand prize scoured South Florida for 10 days during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.