South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

EVERGLADES, Fla. (WFLA)— A Florida representative joined university of Florida scientists to capture a 10-foot python they have tracked. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined UF scientists to ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. The animal kingdom is full of moments like these, with different species ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A southwest Florida woman took home the grand prize in the state's 2025 python removal challenge after she removed 60 Burmese pythons. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, won $10,000 ...

It’s one for the hiss-tory books! Three enormous ball pythons were spotted slithering through Queen’s Forest Park Thursday, including one that was nabbed — and named Kevin by rescuers — and two more ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man is doing his best to help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Aaron Mann captured 87 pythons in July as a part of the South Florida Water Management ...

It's official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt, ...

Burmese pythons in Florida can eat larger prey than scientists previously thought due to their ability to stretch their jaws. Researchers believe that understanding the size limits of prey that ...

The captured snake, named Kevin, has already found a rescue placement Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the brand in 2022. Her ...