Florida's annual python hunt in the Everglades will run Aug. 9-18, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez announced Thursday morning at a news conference in Miami-Dade County. Burmese Pythons are an invasive species ...

Python hunters are gearing up for the annual Florida Python Challenge, set to take place in just over a month. However, it's always been open season in the invasive species in the Everglades. Recently ...

There have been at least 25 documented sightings of Burmese pythons on the Treasure Coast since 2004, and countless more of the invasive snakes likely have lurked undetected or unreported. Scientists ...

Imagine stepping into the heart of the Florida Everglades, surrounded by shimmering sawgrass and the haunting calls of wading birds, only to realize you’re walking through a battleground. This isn’t a ...

OCHOPEE, Florida (Reuters) -Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent -- but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida's Everglades. "I just had this fascination with snakes.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A winner was announced Tuesday in Florida’s annual Python Challenge, a competition that tasks hunters with removing invasive Burmese pythons from south Florida. This year’s ...

Burmese pythons are hunted and “humanely euthanized” in the Florida Everglades due to being an invasive species. They were introduced through the exotic pet trade, experts say. FWC photo by Kevin Enge ...

Scientists are reporting that aliens are wiping out the animals in Florida's Everglades. The aliens are Burmese pythons from Asia. They've been slithering around south Florida for decades. But ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge has slithered to its conclusion, with professionally categorized python purger Ronald Kiger crowned its victor after he removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida ...

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. – A video shot in Everglades National Park shows an alligator dragging perhaps one of the longest Burmese pythons to have been seen in the area. The alligator and its ...