Florida's annual Python Challenge returns July 10 through July 19, offering $25,000 in prizes while encouraging the public to help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades.

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife officials are making one thing clear: the event is not expected to eradicate ...

A Florida cyclist who stopped to capture an invasive Burmese python in Everglades National Park found himself facing a fine ...

"At the end of the day for me it's common sense. Unfortunately, it's not too common anymore." ...

A Florida man was fined $180 for capturing an invasive 8-foot Burmese python in Everglades National Park. While python removal is encouraged in much of Florida, a permit is required to handle wildlife ...

The season’s largest female python weighed 153 pounds and measured 17 feet long. As a result of their work, researchers ...

"It feels like a lot of little needles going into your hand and then tearing through the skin." ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

Invasive snakes pose a significant threat to US ecosystems, disrupting wildlife balance and altering food webs. Species like the Burmese python in Florida, brown tree snake in Guam, and boa ...

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits that look and smell like the real thing — at least from the perspective of a ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.

Eric Carle's 'The Greedy Python' offers a lesson on greed that resonates with Florida's invasive snake crisis.