Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

The invasive pythons number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades ...

Large pythons have shared forests, grasslands and river systems across Asia for thousands of years, yet two of the region's ...

Owner Ian says Aurora has a talent for 'pulling Houdinis' ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...

Python hunters in Florida will begin competing in the state’s annual removal competition one minute after the clock strikes ...

Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...