IFLScience

Python Bowl: Competition To Catch And Kill Invasive Snakes Returns To Florida’s Everglades

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten ...
The Cool Down

Cyclist spots alligator chomping giant Burmese python, then swimming off with the catch

A video of an alligator in the Florida Everglades biting into an invasive Burmese python and then swimming off with the snake ...

After the catch: What some hunters do with carcass of pythons they catch

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.
News24

Snake handler’s three-day mission to catch 4,2m python on Limpopo farm

When Theunis Victor saw the snake had three porcupine quills piercing her massive body he knew it wouldn’t be a simple case ...

Florida python hunter wrangles 202-pound invasive snake, one of the heaviest on record

Carl Jackson says a Burmese python bite feels brutal, and the Florida hunter has firsthand experience. He recently drew ...

This Massive Snake Swallowed a 150-Pound Hyena Whole

A hyena is no easy target, with powerful jaws and a reputation for holding its own against lions and leopards, yet one ...
Orlando Weekly

Burmese pythons are ‘a South Florida problem rapidly becoming a Central Florida problem’

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

Help wanted: Full-time python hunters get paid for eliminating snakes

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

Florida's Python Challenge is back, but biologists say the 4-ton problem is moving north

One major concern is that Burmese pythons are appearing farther north, and their numbers don't appear to be dwindling despite ...
Des Moines Register

Hunting pythons in Florida requires knowing more than you think

Python hunters should wear long pants, closed-toed shoes, and bring tools like a flashlight and snake hook. Novice hunters must humanely kill pythons immediately at the capture site; firearms are ...