Annual 10-day competition drew more than 900 participants from across the U.S. and abroad.

Vultures raiding a Burmese python nest in Broward County might sound like classic Florida weirdness, but University of Florida researchers said the discovery marks the first documented case of native ...

Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida ...

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Brandon Welty eased his airboat named "Python Patrol" onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a canal near Everglades Holiday Park. His team was on a mission. A 10-foot ...

During the 2026 10-day Florida Python Challenge, 69-year-old longtime hunter Tom Rahill captured 96 Burmese pythons, taking the event's top title, Fox News reported. Across the competition, 907 ...

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: ...

KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...

Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey. Opossums are a key food source for ...

These images of python hunters with their trophy catches underscore how big a threat these invasive snakes are in Florida.