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

When Jacob Chelemek acquired land in Randich village in Kapseret, Uasin Gishu County, 25 years ago, his desire was to settle ...

Burmese pythons were released into Florida through the pet trade, and now the Everglades may hold hundreds of thousands of ...

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

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...

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

Eating its prey can be a process for a python, which is why it relies so heavily on its jaw to get the job done, including ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. The invasive snake was first recorded in the Everglades National Park in 1979 and quickly put a stranglehold ...

Naples is plagued by one of the most capable creepy predators on the planet. The situation is dire from an ecological perspective. For years, hunters, hikers and others who get out in the historic ...

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 ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. A top prize of $10,000 is offered for the hunter who removes the most pythons. Burmese pythons have ...

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge by eliminating 60 Burmese pythons. A record 294 pythons were removed during the 10-day competition. The event drew 934 participants from the U.S.