Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the ...

Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the ...

Learn how a man's dream of becoming a professional python hunter resulted in the capture of the second-largest python in Florida history.

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

Liars, liars: In regard to Kyle Swenson’s January 17 story, “Snake Charmers,” there has never been an attack on a human by a python in the wild. All we need are beer-drinking hicks who have no ...

Taylor Stanberry won the $10,000 grand prize, the first woman to do so, with 60 pythons caught. Donna Kalil, a veteran hunter, caught the most pythons in the professional category with 56 snakes. A ...

A python hunter caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The 16-foot, 10-inch female python was captured in Big Cypress National Park with the help of ...

Finding 200 eggs inside the specimen highlights a massive ecological threat to the Everglades ecosystem. Analyzing the tracks proved counterintuitive when the snake’s actual mass contradicted initial ...