South Florida is home to two particularly problematic invasive species: Burmese pythons and green iguanas. The pythons live ...

And there’s always celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s recipe for diced python in a lettuce wrap with shallots, pineapple, and jalapeno. But the Florida Department of Health has recently ...

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge ...

One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job to pursue her ...

Taylor Stanberry competed in her first Florida Python Challenge in July and became the first female to win the ultimate grand ...

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 Burmese pythons from the Everglades and securing a ...

Florida has spent decades attempting to address its Burmese python problem, and the state holds an annual competition that ...

The NFL docuseries “Hard Knocks” goes behind-the-scenes of the NFL's pre-season. This year it also goes behind-the-scenes of python hunting in Florida, as Buffalo Bills defensive end A.J ...

Florida faces a growing problem with Burmese pythons, as more than 23,000 of these non-native snakes have been removed from ...

A local man in Newberry County caught a 14-foot python that had been on the loose for weeks. The snake did not go down ...

The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated ...