The Florida Python Challenge, an annual statewide competition that kicks off Friday, will bring hundreds of snake-hunting professionals and novices to South Florida to hunt what wildlife officials are ...

The new year started off with a bang when a python hunter caught a 202-pound female python. That's a lot of meat to eat. But ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these ...

The Burmese python is already considered a destructive force in the South Florida ecosystem. A new collaborative study that the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples was part of has revealed ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

Python hunter Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch on Jan. 13.

This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida's only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with Miami's Community News. Read more at WLRN.org. WUSF | By ...

Scientists in Florida shared a remarkable moment this week: a Burmese python swallowing a 77-pound white-tailed deer whole. The video, recorded by wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek of the Conservancy ...

A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 feet.

For thousands of years, snakes have been used in art, literature, religious texts and more. From Adam and Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden to Medusa with her hair of snakes that turned anyone ...