That amounts to a fifth of all the pythons caught in the challenge this year and triple the number that last year’s winner ...

A Florida woman has claimed the top prize in the 2025 Python Challenge after capturing 60 Burmese pythons during the 10-day ...

In 2023, a 19-foot python was captured in Florida, which would be worth $425 under the new incentive programs.

Burmese pythons, one of the world’s largest snakes, are also one of the most problematic invasive species in South Florida. First spotted in the Florida Everglades in the 1970s, the snakes were ...

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet ...

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...

Specialized cells in the intestinal lining of Burmese pythons allows them to completely absorb the skeletons of their prey.

A team dedicated to controlling populations of invasive Burmese pythons in Florida has deployed another unique method to find ...

According to the Bureau of Land Management Utah, bears have been sighted in Grandstaff Canyon and along the Colorado River, ...

The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge featured 934 participants from 30 states and Canada, who removed 294 invasive Burmese ...

The discovery helped the Naples resident land first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, which drew 934 hunters ...