Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch Fourth of July fireworks at and around Navy Pier Saturday as the city ...

These giant snakes are vital to healthy ecosystems, helping control populations of rodents, birds and other animals. Found in ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA )— Participants can now have the opportunity to win big as the 2026 Florida Python Challenge kicks off on ...

Registration is open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons ...

Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...

Hundreds of python hunters will spend the next 10 days removing as many of the invasive reptiles as they can in south Florida ...

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

The Florida Python Challenge begins July 10 and gives participants the opportunity to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades while raising awareness about the threat posed by the ...

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win Florida's annual python challenge last year by catching 60 pythons during the ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Researcher Melissa Miller tracks pythons and other invasive reptiles to help resource managers control their populations. New technologies like AI-powered traps are being tested to help manage ...