A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons as payment for a pie ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida python team came across are massive female snake while conducting research in the field ...

What begins as a simple tour of African reptiles quickly turns into a full showcase of some of the strangest and most impressive animals in the collection. Giant rock pythons, massive monitor lizards, ...

We are almost halfway through the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, which means plenty of snakes have likely already been ...

Hundreds of hunters have signed up for the Florida Python Challenge 2026, lured by a $10,000 grand prize and the chance to ...

The annual python hunting competition runs from 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 10, to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19. What to know ahead of ...

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...

Florida has spent decades trying to reduce python numbers through organized removal programs, public hunts, and contractor ...

Florida's Python Challenge is an annual event encouraging people to hunt Burmese Pythons, a reptile species invasive to ...

Florida’s annual Python Challenge began Friday where participants compete to see who can remove the largest number of Burmese ...

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

FLORIDA EVERGLADES — The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is back and begins Friday, July 10. Hunters will have until 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, to remove Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades.