Conservation teams in South Florida just wrapped their most ambitious python removal season yet, and the strategy they used ...

The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is such a problem for Florida that it’s legal to hunt the massive invasive species ...

Burmese pythons are using trees to bask during Florida's cooler months with the heavy adult snakes preferring cypress species ...

The 2025 Python Challenge removed a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Florida ecosystems. The winner, Taylor Stanberry, removed 60 Burmese pythons and took home a $10,000 prize. The 10-day ...

Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Carl Jackson caught this year's heaviest Burmese python in Florida. Could the next catch happen in Palm Beach County?

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